Akashi Park

There is a park not too far from our house that has beautiful Sakura trees (over 2000) in bloom every year. This year was a treat because we ran into two families that we know and were able to chat and visit with them, too. We enjoyed our visit there and had to laugh at all of the Japanese families there with their blue plastic tarps parked beneath any and ALL Sakura trees that can be sat under. It appears to be a fairly serious thing because we saw where some families had even staked off an area that they were planning to use sometime that day. There was not a spot to be found as you can see below!