Hanami

I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to go to Kyoto for hanami viewing. It was a beautiful sunny Saturday. When we arrived at Sanjo station, it was packed with people and walking up the main street took 25 minutes instead of 10. We arrived at the park and families had already set up their tarp and enjoying the beautiful spring day. Up until now I had seen salary men drunk on their way home from work, school children on the trains coming back from group sports but this was the first time I had seen many families out together. It was reassuring to see this. Apart from the flowers being absolutely stunning, I learnt that the Japanese families are important to each other.