あい
暮らしの旅の準備も英語でトライ！AIでつくる学習プランへのあいさんのマイレポ投稿
It is a famous story that Japan sent cherry trees to Washington D.C. but I didn’t know it was started from the black ships in Edo period.Speaking of cherry blossoms, I now live in a city where Somei-Yoshino, one of the most popular cherry trees, was born.It only blooms for around a week and the petals are falling now.But I still like the petals scattering in the wind.今年は桜が咲いてる期間が長かったように感じますもう散り始めてますが、花びらが舞ってるのもキレイですよね先日、夕日に染まる桜がキレイで写真にとりました
2026/04/07
Noriko
Thank you for sharing such a beautiful story, Ai! Where is the place where Somei-Yoshino was originated? I’m very curious, but if you think it’s personal/private information, you don’t have to share. I’ll rather google it by myself later. 今年は早く咲き始めましたけれど、確かに長めに咲いていましたね。今年もマスコミが「花散らしの雨」などと言っていて、改めて日本人の桜に対する強い思いを確認しています。散るのは確かに物悲しさを感じますが、例えば水たまりに花びらがたくさん浮かんでいたりするとそれはそれでまた風情があって素敵なんですよね🌸
あい
I live in Komagome, Tokyo. This place was called Somei-mura in Edo period. There were many gardeners here and it is said that they crossbred two different kinds of cherry trees to make Somei-Yoshino.日本中で桜の開花がテレビで放送されたり、日本語には花いかだや桜前線といった桜にまつわる単語もあったり日本人の桜に対する想いが表れてますよね
Noriko
I didn’t know that Komagome is the birth place of Somei-Yoshino. Thank you for sharing it. I just googled and found that there are kind of a lot of parks where we can enjoy the particular sakura flowers in your neighborhood. I’d love to go see them in full bloom next year (I’m sure it’s kind of too late this year…)🌸