ON Sunday we went to Yoshino Baigo, near Hinatawada, for the plum blossom festival. We left early in the morning and we took 4 different trains. It was a really long trip of 2 1/2 hours to get there. Btu it was very beautiful, there were tens of thousands of plum trees blossoming. The Ume Matsuri has been a tradition in Japan for many centuries. People go to look at the plum blossoms and have drink while watching the petals fall. the blossoms on some trees are pearl white, other are pinkish and others almost red. Many people showed up thanks to the first warm and sunny weekend day in weeks.
We walked around for a few hours and watched some dancing and musical performances. It was really great.
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