Blossoms must mean it's nearly... Spring!

So, the weekend has come and almost gone... after the hyped up adrenaline of the volleyball yesterday, Sunday brought a more sedate stroll through the plum blossoms. After being picked up by 2 of our Japanese friends, we spent the morning wandering through the trees and practicing our Japanese, whilst we helped them practice their English. Through a muddle of our Japanese and their English we were able to practice some things we had learnt previously, plus some new things, plus some new English for them. What a busy morning. The plums blossoms were beautiful, and I can imagine that in a few weeks they will be amazing when they are fully in bloom. In the "Ayabeyama Bairin" (plum orchard), there are some 20,000 plum trees visible, plus from the top of the hill you can see out past the inland sea to islands such as Shikoku (on a clear day that is). With our entry fee to the orchard we also got a free, which we turned in for a can of plum juice... kind of like Grape juice but even sweeter! Very enjoyable!!