Friday, March 28, 2008

Wednesday in Ueno Park

The boys can't take their eyes off the beauty that surrounds them...
This was our first official viewing of the cherry blossoms. They're not out in full force yet, but the park is still drawing a crowd. People are picnicking under the trees, sitting on blue tarps on top of pavement, I suppose so they can be close to the low hanging branches. There are food stalls selling yakitori (chicken on a stick), enormous ears of corn (on a stick) and Doraemon-shaped cakes. We had intended to go to the zoo but got sidetracked down a path that ran around a lake, then stopped inside this small shrine, which had guard dogs.
By the time we found the zoo entrance it was too late to go in (oops). Luckily the boys were happy to just chase each other around some more before we headed home.

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