Saturday, April 12, 2008

sakura festival

There was a Sakura festival on a street leading to the Macedonian Square organized by Japanese martial arts teams. Well, the sakura in the photo is not actually real sakura for Hanami, the one appreciated by Japanese a lot, but still it is nice to have an occasion to introduce Japanese culture in a country like Macedonia, far far away from Japan.

マケドニア広場に続く八重桜が咲く道で、「桜祭り」と称して日本の武道パフォーマンスやら折り紙やら書道やら見せるイベントがありました。ま、桜は日本人が花見をする桜とは違いますが、こんな機会にこんな遠くの国で日本の文化がお披露目されるのは喜ばしいことです。

1 comment:

Bi said...

Even if it is not real Sakura, this is the only real Sakura that we have :)