Ready?  It's time to picnic under the blossoms again. 

 Spring has been kind  and the blossoms are ready a whole two weeks earlier than usual.  This year we missed the initial flushes of new pink blossoms, but they were just as nice.






 As we left we saw a memorial of paper cranes left by other visitors.  It is nice to see all 48 cherry blossoms still standing in remembrance of this former POW site.