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- Feb 20, 2017
Ah Sumidagawa. I remember going through there my first year in Tokyo. It's nice especially for the fireworks at the end of July, but Mrs Sebben and I had a little sports park not to far away from our apartment there which had a lot of sakura. Best place though at least in terms of the amount of trees was out in Koganei. Take the Chuo line out to either Higashi or Musashi I don't remember and it was maybe a 10 minute walk towards the river and there's this huge park out there with massive amounts of sakura. It gets busy on the weekend but you don't have to reserve a spot like in other places.
As for Princess Sakura I don't know, it could be the Japanese idea to stay young and "cute" for as long as possible? There's this thing that some women in Japan think they need to keep that "cuteness" about them so they act a little childish. They'll use childish words with their boyfriends. Or giggle like schoolgirls when she gets together with her friends. I've never really understood it but then I'll be the first one to admit that even though I lived in Japan for 10 years and finally married one I still don't "get" the Japanese.
I get this feeling that she's either South Korean or Chinese or even Chilian and trying to act Japanese. I don't know why though.
And yeah, I never "got" the Japanese even though I was going to marry into a large Japanese family. I understand the history and the culture, but the people are a whole different matter.