Now that my first semester in Japan is nearing the end, it's time for a blog post from our new location. Bob and I are living in a suburb of Kasugai, a city in Aichi Prefecture, where I'm teaching English at Chubu University.
What could be a more fitting start than to show the beauty of Japan's cherry blossoms?
The "sakura," as they're known in Japanese, were in full bloom a couple weeks after our March arrival. Having a picnic under the cherry blossoms is a long-standing tradition in Japan and truly stupendous at that.
Bob and I thoroughly enjoyed strolling around those first few weeks, taking in the beauty of not only the cherry blossoms, but the azeleas and forsythias as well.
By the way, in our family, the forsythia is known as "For Cynthia," a name my brother coined when his children were young. He told them that the yellow blooming plant was called "For Cynthia." I still love that!
The "sakura," as they're known in Japanese, were in full bloom a couple weeks after our March arrival. Having a picnic under the cherry blossoms is a long-standing tradition in Japan and truly stupendous at that.
Bob and I thoroughly enjoyed strolling around those first few weeks, taking in the beauty of not only the cherry blossoms, but the azeleas and forsythias as well.
By the way, in our family, the forsythia is known as "For Cynthia," a name my brother coined when his children were young. He told them that the yellow blooming plant was called "For Cynthia." I still love that!
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