This is the first year that I happen to be in Tokyo during the Cherry Blossom season. I've heard much about it since I started making trips over here 3 years ago, but have never had the chance to be in town when it is actually happening.
It's a big enough deal for the locals that you see them stopping, getting out their fancy cell phones and taking pictures of the trees as they make their way out for lunch and dinner. Lights are erected so that the blossoms are illuminated throughout the night-time so people can enjoy them. Big parties are thrown in the parks where people gather around the trees, drink sake and celebrate the transient nature of life (because of how quickly the blooms come and go each year).
Here I am, with Hayashi san (the executive sponsor at one NetSuite's Japanese partners), in the Shinjuku Gyoen park where they have many different types of Cherry Blossom trees that can be admired during a leisurely lunchtime stroll.
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