2008/03/06

Footsteps of Spring

Although the winter weather system is still dominating, we can definitely hear the footsteps of spring in Tokyo. On trees, little leaves and flower buds are appearing and young grass and flowers are coming out of the ground. It is noticeable that the the sun comes out at earlier time each day - making daytime a little bit longer. For us here in Japan, spring means cherry blossoms. The newscaster reported that we should expect to the first cherry blossom around the 27th this year. All the photos here were taken last Sunday.
まだ冬将軍のほうが強いようですが、東京では春の足音は確実に聞こえてきています。木々には小さな葉や花の芽が出てきていますし、草花も土から顔を覗かせだしました。朝はだんだん早くなってきていますし、日も少しづつ長くなってきています。今日のニュースで桜の開花は3月27日頃になると言っていました。今回の写真はすべてこの前の日曜日に撮ったものです。



Above two photos are full blossomed plum flowers - very pretty!  

上記2つの写真は満開の梅の花です。きれいですね!


I found this plum tree in front of an old house - charming!  

近所の家の前にある梅の木。


Flower buds are becoming bigger on trees.  

花芽も大きくなってきました。


In our yard, tulips are coming out of the ground.  

チューリップも土から出てきました。

2 comments:

dbp said...

Toyko must be at least a month ahead of us here in Boston. We are still in the grip of Winter and have at least a month before seeing the first Spring blossoms: This is from March 2nd...

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datadawak said...

梅の花,きれいだね!!
苑絵