Sakura is gone here but still blooming in Fukushima!

Sakura flowers are  gone here  and now fresh green leaves have been trembling in the breeze...Most Japanese companies and schools start their terms from early April. Actually, we have many lovely  photos of our children dressed and posing against the background of  the Sakura trees in full bloom . We also feel Sakura too do celebrate their new beginning .Unfortunately, due to the global warming,  they blooms much earlier in March . It's such a pity!The freshmen should miss the Sakura for sure.

 

This morning, the television news broadcastered  the Taki(Waterfall)-Sakura in Fukushima Prefecture is now full bloom .There,the branches of  the drooping cherry  tree are 25 meters long.

People start to gather  to view  this 1000 years old tree even before dawn. Taki-Sakura encourages the  local people who are still suffering after  the earthquake.
 

*Taki-Sakura in Miharu-cho,Fukushima ↓

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E6%98%A5%E6%BB%9D%E6%A1%9C 

 

April.17. 2013  in Kamakura

 

 

 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　April 5, 2013  in  Kamakura

 

 

                                         
                                                April 10, 2013  in Yokohama

 

 

Double- flowered Sakura normally blooms 1-2 weeks later .

These flowers are suitable for Sakura tea.

Sakura was waiting for me!

For this year, the full bloom of the Sakura was 10 days  earlier than normal .

So during 10 days  holidays in Singapore I thought that  I would miss lovely Sakura . Fortunately most Sakura was waiting for me but I had no chance of admiring  Sakura  with my Bento lunch boxes. Luckily for me , I was able to prepare vegetarian (Macrobiotics) Bento for my Singapore  friends at our house to show them  our Japanese culture.It was a lots of fun!
   I prepared Orchids ,Singapore national flowers instead of Sakura .

All of them looked very happy with healthy home made Bento. One of my frineds who corrects my English script for my blog gave me a compliment which follows below.

 

I enjoyed the bento lunch.It was truly a good experience.Firstly,I liked the cute bento boxes.The wrapping gave me the feeling of opening a present.The bento box looks small but my stomach was full as there were ample vegetables.A healthy home made bento!

                                                                    

 

                                                 28.03.2013 in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture

                                           

 

 

 

                                                                  

 

 

                                                 

 

 

29.03.2013

                                           After the  full bloom  , new leaves come out.
                                            Three kinds of Sakura.

                                               

 

                                                                                01.04.2013

 

                                            

                                                  
                                                       01.04.2013

                                          

                                             One sakura tree has 2 kinds of flowers
                                                       

                                                          

                                                    Sankei News Paper on 21.03.2013

                                            This photo was  taken under the Sakura trees in Ueno,Tokyo

                                                on 20.03.2013. 'Even  half bloom, it's enough for Sakura viewing

                                                 picnic'

                                                        

                                               26.03.2013   in  Singapore

                                            Brown rice, vegetables ,Mushrooms, Daried Tofu,Tempeh(fermented    
                                            soybeans,Seaweed,Salted plums(梅干↓）http://macromacrobiyoko.blogspot.jp/2012_06_01_archive.html（Ume-boshi=Salted plums)
　
　　　　　　　　　　　　
　
                                     

                                                          26.03. 2013 for lunch

     26.03.2013 for dinner                               　         

　

 

 

Very nice Prawn Rolls were prepared by my local frined's husband (↑)

 

Green Tea Warabi Mochi for dessert

(Topping is Kinako, powder of parched soybeans)

 

                                               Carrot Cake for dessert
                                         

                                           I bought these lovely Orchids at the wet market nearby.