Japan

a bike, a buddha, and sakura The past month and a half had been very busy for me.  Busy in a good way.  Busy in the kind of way that I like.  Busy because I've had the fortune of doing the things that I want to do and spending time with the people I want to spend time with.  I can't believe how much time has passed by.  I look at these pictures and see sakura.  Sakura suggests that it's decently cold outside.  But at this moment of writing, it's anything but cold outside.  In fact, my inaccurate weather app claims that it's currently 31 (about 90) degrees outside.  It's hot and summer has already come.  Before summer comes and wipes away my memory due to 夏バテ, or summer weariness (a legitimate excuse in Japan), I'd like to spend some time recalling a spring and early summer full of memories. The sakura didn't last long due to untimely rain.  As beautiful as sakura is, it's quite awful when it covers the ground and mixes with rain.  Just a