On a sunny Sunday afternoon, I asked my supervisor where the best cherry blossoms in town were.
“Akaishi Elementary School,” was his reply.
Akaishi Elementary wasn’t one of my schools so I didn’t know they had so many cherry blossoms trees.
I’m glad I asked. And I’m even more glad that I went and walked around the grounds.
Aomori prefecture gets a lot of snow. And it’s crazy up in the mountains.
A bag of Fuji apples left at my front door.
One of the perks of living in apple country!
Watching the Tachinebuta makes me feel like I’m in a Godzilla movie.
They are absolutely huge!
Here’s a video of the festival in 2009 from Toonippo Press:
Rassera Ressera Rasse Rasse Rassera!
Participating/dancing in the Aomori Nebuta festival with all the other JETs in the prefecture was awesome.
