Big In Japan

At a casual dinner of rabbit in red wine sauce and cheeky strawberry tart,
My friend Ruby insisted i go to Japan for two reasons.
One being that the cherry blossoms make you so happy you cry.
And two, that the Japanese have a few wonderful traditions:
In Spring they go outside and listen to the cherry blossoms opening(yes REALLY, they go outside and listen to the Cherry blossoms opening)
And in Winter they go outside and listen for the first snow that falls.(Yes i too was a little blown away by the romance of it all)
I found this picture and it will stay glued for dear life on my fridge untill i can replace it with one of me standing under those cherry blossoms.