One of the first lessons in learning how to live in Japan is to know where to visit the current crop of flowering blossoms. Blossom-watching is a popular pastime and item of conversation - in the same manner as sports, news and TV shows are followed and discussed.
Sakura - the revered Cherry blossom has blown its course in Tokyo and the Hanami lantern parties and daytime picnics are now 47 weeks away. However, it's early May so now we walk under the trellised avenues hung heavy with the scent and swaying abundance of purple and white wisteria. We peer at the peonies under the shade of waxed paper umbrellas angled precisely by the careful gardeners. We scan the rounded azalea bushes: the ones most full of blossom and scant in leaf are of course superior.
We look forward to the irises and spot the early hydrangeas. And as for me: I love the electric spring green of new growth in the rain.
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