Apparently it's that time of year again. Yes, the national pastime that is cherry blossom viewing has begun. Each evening on the nightly news features the latest advancement of the sakura front. It'll still be some time until it reaches up toward Iwate, but that doesn't mean locals here are any less enthusiastic. I've included a link that illustrates the latest extent of the blossoms. Prime viewing extends for just a week upon blossoming, and many events are timed to precisely coincide.
This year has been an exception, with the blossoms coming into bloom particularly early. So early in fact that the national meteorological agency had to issue an apology for it's inaccurate calculations. It blames a computer glitch, but many locals blame the unusually warm winter.
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