Osaka

Lost Property on a Plum Tree Branch

Half open blossoms at a Plum Festival in Osaka

Takako Sakamoto Mar 07, 2015 - 1 min read

<p>Cute lost property hanging from a plum tree branch</p>

<p>Small white plum buds with red plum blossoms in the background</p>

<p>Noren curtain of red plum blossoms!</p>

<p>Sweet scent of plum blossoms fills the air</p>

<p>"Hey kid, what are you looking at?"</p>

<p>Cascading branches of plum blossoms almost in full-bloom!</p>

<p>What lovely little plum blossoms!</p>

<p>When sun goes down it still feels chilly in March!</p>

On 1st March in 2012, I visited the Plum Blossom Festival at the Natural and Cultural Gardens of Expo Commemoration Park in Osaka for the second time. Ten days had passed since my last visit, but low temperatures meant the plum blossoms hadn't changed much! I wonder if they were 60% in bloom? Still, families and couples enjoyed picnic lunches on nearby benches or on the lawn. Despite the cold weather, they looked so happy! As I was admiring gorgeous plum blossoms I spotted a very cute girl's bag hanging from a plum branch... somebody must be worried about their lost property right now!

Plum Blossom Festival at Expo Commemoration Park 1. Tower of the Sun and Plum Blossoms 2. Glorious Plum Blossoms at Expo Park 3. Lost Property on a Plum Tree Branch

Takako Sakamoto @takako.sakamoto

I was born in and grew up in Tokushima prefecture, and have lived in many places since then: Nishinomiya, Kyoto, Nara, Mie, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Fukuoka and Fukui. I am currently living in Yokohama City. All the places I lived, all the places I visited, I have loved dearly. The histor...