![]() All are formally engaged in, and all follow set procedures and seasons. In addition to cherry blossom viewing, you have moon viewing, snow viewing, wildflower viewing, autumn leaf viewing, and summer stargazing. ![]() For the few days of the peak of the Sakura they represent the aesthetics of poignant, fleeting beauty. Crowds congregate beneath the blossoms, sake flows in parties called hanami. Sakura season coincides with the start of the school year, closing of business cycle, end of winter and peak of death by overwork (karoshi). Progress reports with elaborate maps are presented nightly on the news. The advance of the blossoms northwards is tracked with a seriousness usually reserved for armies on the march (or in Australia for the arrival of refugees). ![]() ![]() More than funny though it’s very well written, captivating and I learnt from it too.Įvery spring a wave of cherry blossoms (sakura) sweeps across Japan. One poor passenger on a long international flight turned around in alarm to see what I was laughing about and another passenger used my laughter as an entree into an interesting conversation about expat life in Kuwait. Hokkaido Highway Blues by Will Ferguson is a laugh-out-loud funny travel book about his adventures while hitchhiking the 3000+km length of Japan. Ferguson sneaks funny little subversive comments into his scintillating prose and laughter was ripped out of me. ![]()
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