Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom

There is a famous spot, Garyu Park, where we can enjoy to see cherry blossoms in my town. It's at the foot of Mt. Garyu in Suzaka. We have a pond named as Ryuga-ike there and there are hundreds of cherry blossoms tree around it.

Since it has been very fine and warm days lately, the flowers are now in full bloom this weekend. So many visitors were there today.

I prefer the beuty of falling flowers rather than the full bloom of them. So I look forward to next weekend to enjoy them.

By the way, 'ryu' in Japanase means a dragon. This mountain and the pond have an old folk tale. I can't tell you what exactly is, however, Mt. Garyu means that a large dragon was dead and lied his body there, and then it became a body of mountain long long time ago. When he was dead, he shed a tear and ran into this pond, 'Ryuga-ike'.