yesterday in Japan

 My friend K* lives in Japan and came to see me for my birthday in March.  We took a lot of pictures then and I’ve been posting them since, but she sent me pictures from Japan today of the beautiful day yesterday in the midst of Cherry Blossom Festival time:

(the park near her home along the river)

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(the river was tamed centuries ago)

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Cherry Blossum Festival celebrates the impermanance of life – its "here today, gone tomorrow" nature:

Aren’t they beautiful?

Next week they’ll be gone.

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Live today, right now.  It’s all you’ve really got.

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