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.
Last week, we took a trip to the Southwest for 7 days. This trip was an absolutely wonderful memory. I had never been to these areas so I was stimulated by every things, for example, cactus, adobe style buildings, Native American culture and amazing dessert views. It is one of the most interesting trips I ever took, because I experienced some rare things like visiting Grand Canyon, visiting high school and so on. On this trip I could understand about Indian culture from a folk art museum. I would like to introduce some my best memories on this Southwest trip. My first best memory is Georgia O’Keef museum. Actually, before this trip, I was not familiar with her and didn’t know about any of her artworks, but I was looking forward to visiting here because I like art museums. Her artworks were very unique, abstract and absolutely fabulous, and these were very fresh to me. I especially liked bone’s paintings which one of the most famous her artwork, because the color contrast is very c...