Tuesday was a holiday here, the start of Golden Week. Kevin had the day off and the weather was gorgeous so it was a no-brainer, we were going to have to head outside and admire spring!
We stopped by one of our local grocery stores, picked up some ready sushi meals and snacks and walked to nearby Nakajima park. There was actually a little flea market type deal but nothing cool, mainly just clothes :P
The park was full of blooming cherry and/or plum blossoms!
Apparently it is quite hard to tell the difference between cherry and plum blossoms but I remembered one tree had a name (prunus sargentii) and I googled that and it was a cherry tree. So there! ;)
We had yummy sushi and dessert was daifuku which we are crazy about and this wagashi, Japanese sweet. It was really pretty and we haven't seen these in the store before (Golden week special?), but it tasted like...sugar. It really didn't taste like much of anything. But it was pretty!
There's a huge pond in the middle of Nakajima park.
And you can rent little boats and row around it.
It's actually kind of fun watching people out there. Lots of people who don't know how to row :D We saw two young guys making their friends laugh by standing up in their boat (!) and then doing a Titanic moment (I'm king of the world)
In addition to the cherry and plums, there are azaleas all over.
So scenic!
We walked through Nakajima park last time, but this time, we really meandered and explored it. We skipped this Japanese garden bit tucked away in the corner. This time, we sat here for quite a while taking in the zen feeling. ;) And people watching!
Even Elisabeth thought watching a family try to get a ball back out of the pond was interesting. They got it in the end, but they had to wait for the wind to bring the ball back to shore... It went out to that little island and back and the little girl looked crushed. Poor thing :D
We couldn't believe she wore her sunhat for like 10 minutes!
Lime green weeping willows. Pink blossoms.
Spring in Sapporo. ♥
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