はなみ

こんにちは、みなさん！いまはさくらのときですから、はなみについてかきたいとおもいます。

「はなみ」っていうのはなんですか？

「はな」はflowerといういみで、「み」は「みる」の「み」です。

There are a lot (and I mean a LOT) of people in Kyoto right now for Hanami. The cherry blossoms start flowering about now and will stay pretty for about a week or two. I heard that this is one of the busiest times for tourism in Kyoto, because there are so many places where you can see beautiful cherry trees.

これはさくらです。

 

Recently, I went to a Hanami event organised by my university. We went sightseeing in Arashiyama (which is where I also went to see the pretty autumn leaves, Arashiyama is good at any time of year!) and then we had a picnic under the cherry trees.

きょうとでは、きものをきて、かんこうすることができます。These women looked very graceful with the cherry blossoms.

 

みんなはしゃしんをとっています。Now my facebook is full of pictures of cherry blossoms!

これはあらしやまのゆうめいなはしです。むこうがわにはさくらがみえますか？

There was a bit of a festival atmosphere by the river, with lots of places to buy ice cream or the Japanese sweet mochi (pounded sweet rice).  This one is vanilla and matcha (green tea) flavour. Can you imagine being able to sit outside eating ice cream right now in the UK?! 日本では、いまがとてもいいてんきです。

This is the picnic. We spread out groundsheets in this cherry tree orchard and everyone stayed for hours, eating and drinking and admiring the cherry blossoms.

One of my friends made an especially cute bento (lunch box) for the picnic.

ロンドンにもきれいなさくらがありますか？できたら、ぜひいってみてください！

よんでくれてありがとうございます。