So back to this public transit business, why, why, why? This weekend I met up with some friends to experience my first Cherry Blossoms celebration. I must say that they do a lot of things well in Japan and celebrating Cherry Blossoms is certainly one of them. Everyone brings food and excessive amounts of booze. One guy arrived carrying more than his weight in wine, as you can imagine we hit it off. What was supposed to be lunch quickly turned into dinner, we spent hours underneath cherry blossom trees eating, drinking and depending on your intoxication level playing games.
It looks like this could be a year of celebrations. Japan has more national holidays than any other country. A few of my favourites are Marine Day on July 18th, Respect for the Aged Day on Sept 19th and how could we not celebrate Greenery Day on May 4th.
As the weekend comes to and end, it’s hard to believe that I arrived in Japan 6 weeks ago, time flies…