April showers bring...

...The last part being, "May flowers." In Japanese, it means that rain in April causes the flowers to bloom in May. I'm jumping the gun a little, as April just started, but I couldn't resist showing off the beautiful foliage around here. I'm pretty sure people everywhere await the flowers of spring with great anticipation. I'm hardly an exception.

So, over the past three-day weekend, of which there have been few lately, I went out and snapped shots of all the different flowers I could find. The most famous and well-known flower in Japan is the sakura (cherry tree) blossom. But before I show you those, let me show you some images of the other varieties of flowers I ran across.

終わりが、「May flowers」っていう諺ですね。日本語では、「四月の雨で、五月の花が咲く」という意味。四月が始まったばっかりで、ちょっと早いんだけど、この辺のきれいな花を見せたくて、我慢出来なかったんだ。どこでも、人が春の花を待つと思う。私は、例外ではないんだよ。

だから、この三日間が久しぶりの連休で、色々な花の写真を撮りに行ってきた！一番有名で知られている日本の花は、絶対に桜の花だけど、その写真の前に、私が見かけた、他の花のイメージを見せておきます。

And then, it was the star of the show's turn. The sakura blossom, ladies n' gents!
そして、花の世界のスターの出番！桜の花です！

Aren't they gorgeous? They wilt and fall away in the blink of an eye, it seems. So, I made sure to go take pictures while I could!

 Ja, mata ne!

きれいでしょう？あっという間に凋んでしまうから、出来るうちに写真を撮ることにした！

じゃ、またね！