I Go to a Cafe 'Kitchen Kaneya.'

Kitchen Kaneya is the name of a restaurant at Orion-Shopping-Mall near my home. 

I heard that the Orion-Shopping-Mall used to be bustling with hundreds of shoppers decades ago. 

But, recently, one fifth of the shops are vacant for new tenants. 

Though the restaurant had about thirty seats, there were only my wife and I who were having lunch from twelve noon till one o'clock. 

Sooner or later, the restaurant may change owners or be vacant for a new tenant.

Late Spring Winds Blow Cherry Blossoms' Petals Off

A late spring has pushed cherry blossoms away and brought in roadside daffodils.

UP        :This is a cherry tree at near tennis courts I usually use on weekends.
DOWN   :This is a lane I go to and come back from my office weekdays.

Cherry Blossoms Along the Kamagawa River

Weeping cherry trees are planted along both banks of Kamagawa river.

The river is not big, just a few meters wide and less than 10 km long.

Municipal government asks a local constructor to build a hastily-built floor over a part of the river for people are able to dine under cherry blossoms during the top season of the flower.




They bring feasts under flowering cherry trees and have parties even until late at night.

It's too cold for my wife and I, so we went to a nearby Japanese restaurant called KAI.

Cherry Blossoms at Night

Cherry blossoms or sakura at Futarasan shrine are in full bloom these days.
I had a short walk to the shrine and took some pictures last night.

It's common that Japanese people bring feasts under flowering sakura trees and have parties even until late at night.

There were several people seeing or taking snap shots of sakura but nobody eating nor drinking under the trees.