Spring has come in Japan?

It is the Depths of Winter in Japan now. Last week it snowed in Tokyo.

This street is called Sakuradoori. (さくらどおり/桜通り）

"Sakura" means cherry trees."doori"  means street or avenue.

 Because cherry trees form a line a lot, this street is called so it.It was very very cold(T_T)

I want it to be spring early. 

Today,the Haru-ichiban  blew in tokyo.Do you know Haru-ichiban? 

Haru-ichiban=春一番/はるいちばん
Haru-ichiban is called "the spring's first south wind" in English.

"the spring's first south wind" is the beginning of spring!!

When it is April, a cherry tree blooms in the Sakuradoori.

The Japanese drinks liquor and eat a delicious dish while watching cherry blossoms.

This is called ’Hana-mi’.(花見/はなみ). 'Hana' means a flower. 'mi' means viewing.

In April, Japanese loves cherry blossoms. But early in March,we looks forward to that the flower of the plum blooms.

On the next time, I am going to upload  the photo of the flower of a beautiful plum!!

Postscript

And early summer comes when spring passes.
I think that early summer is the best season.

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