I Go to Irie Cafe

My wife and I went to a cafe called "Irie Cafe" the other day.

We ate Japanese food for lunch there. 

Among them, cut raw fish and avocado on a bowl of rice with a dried seaweed topping was nice.

"Irie" was unfamiliar word to me. So, after coming back home, I checked it on the web dictionary.

It says,

"Irie" is used and is synonymous with hello, all right, good, fine, I’m alright etc. However, on deeper examination the findings indicate that it’s origins are far more spiritual.

Irie is a Jamaican noun meaning good, excellent, great and good quality. Thus a number of companies and traders in Jamaica use Irie in their names.

The name of the cafe is also nice, isn't it?

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.

Night Cherry Blossoms Along the Kamagawa River

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

It takes us only a few minutes from home to the river side.

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

They illuminate the cherry blanches in the same way as Futarasan shrine in the middle of April.

I took the picture on the left several years ago at Kamagawa river in the daytime.