3 pictures

well, last night while walking home, I noticed the first cherry blossoms. This one tree snuck up on us all and in the middle of the night came to full bloom! Literally, over night. I mean, I passed that tree in the morning and there wasn't even a bud. Then 12 hours later, it's completely white.

Unfortunately, it sounded like it rained this morning, so all the sakura are probably washed away. I've yet to see any other trees though, so maybe that one is just an, um, early bloomer, so to speak.

Anyways, here are 3 pictures:

little green store by the river

fish in Notto-jima aquarium...closest I came to the epicentre of the quake

nagamachi mirror