What is your image of cherry blossoms? Cherry blossoms are surprisingly beautiful flowers. You can see cherry blossoms all over the world today. There are over 600 kinds of cherry blossoms in Japan. The Japanese word for "cherry blossom" is "sakura". SA means god of rice field, and KURA means pedestal. The Japanese thought the goddess of the rice field came down from a mountain. That's why they congratulated the goddess by offering her food and alcohol at a shrine where there were cherry blossom trees. Because of this celebration, there seems to be something appealing to the heart also in the small cherry blossoms. Japanese people treasure special food, drink, and festivals during cherry blossom season. Cherry blossoms are loved by many people. I hope you enjoy learning about the celebration and happiness of cherry blossoms throughout Japan.
I went on a totally amazing Southwest trip with my classmates. The trip was my first time to go to the Southwest so everything was new to me. Sarah, Anikke and Bethany came with us. They made our trip more exciting. I’m happy I could go on this trip with them and I had a lot of great experiences. First, I really enjoyed New Mexico. It was chilly but not too cold. I went to the Old Town in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I liked the Old Town because there are many cute things and good restaurants in there. For example, I found a gate that was decorated with a lot of red chili peppers. I had never seen anything like that before so I was very surprised and it looked like a lot of flowers from a distance. The red chili peppers were absolutely gorgeous. Not only that, I found a great restaurant. I forgot the name of the restaurant but they have really delicious Mexican food. They gave me some Mexican chips for free and recommended that I eat the chips with honey. I really like Mexican chip