rainy sakura walk

Friday, Satoshi had the day off, it was the only day he could check out the cherry blossoms around our area.

Unfortunately, it was forecasted to rain.

We started in the area above our apartment, Asahigaoka. This neighborhood has sakura trees in front of almost every home.

Then we checked out the area near the Hankyu Minoo Station.

And the rain came down quite steadily.

There was a sign from the city to ask everyone to watch out for the branches of the trees. Maximum height for vehicles was 3 meters (about 9 feet).

When we were walking around Asahigaoka, we saw a bulldozer on a flat bed, knock some branches of sakura...boo!

I learned something new the other day from the weather dude.

He said that if the middles are pinkish, then the flower will start to shed its petals.

Guess sakura season will be over soon...too fast this year!