Sakura is coming!

The gardener brought a new sakura tree to my parents' house last Sunday. He planted a sakura tree in the garden two years ago, but it didn't take the roots into soil and died. He tried to plant new one again. It's a weeping cherry. This kind of cherry will come into full bloom in late spring. The gardener told us that we could see cherry blossom in this spring. I'm look forward to viewing cherry blossom in my garden now. For the cherry branches can weep beautifully with lovely pink flowers, we chose the place where is the corner of the garden and about 2 m higher than the road.

For me, the watching cherry blossom is the most important event in a year. I'd like to go to see sakura as many times as possible. Needless to say, they are beautiful. But they are not only peaceful but dangerous. When I see them on a mild spring day, I will not notice their mysterious charm. If you go to see them at night, you must realize that cherry trees have a dim light of blooms and magical power.

In Japanese novel, "Under the cherries in the full bloom." Its mysterious power is described.
You never stand under the cherries in the full bloom alone. If you do so, you might be mad and kill someone. That's why we should act as a group and have a party. Japanese ancient tradition has it that a dead body is buried under the cherries in full bloom.

I always feel nights in spring are not ordinary. I'm sleepy in the daytime, but it's not easy to fall into sleep at night. We can smell flowers at warm nights in spring. I feel like I have a slight fever and want to go for a walk at night.

My favorite Japanese musicians wrote a song about sakura. Yousui Inoue says in his song "東へ西へ".
Finally I could meet you waiting me at the station near the place to view the cherry.
The cherry were in full bloom. She was too glad and went mad. I was so confused and could do nothing.

And Saito Kazuyoshi says in his song "桜".
I'm leaning on a cherry tree and looking a long dream. I has been looking for something in the long dream. And when I find it, I will come out the dream. I know.
Cherries are in bloom and the sky is fine. It's little cold in the twilight in spring. The moon is rising in the sky.

Sakura is boundary space between madness and sane, drunkenness and sober, awake and asleep. They two know this fact and me too. I like the mysterious attraction of sakura.

I have a wonderful plan this year. I'm going to Kyoto to see sakura. My body is working everyday, but my heart had already gone to Kyoto. She waits and waits for the flowering season at the gate of Nanzen temple now.