32: A Cherry Blosson By Any Other Name

[anarchist_nomad]

こんにちは, gentle readers![*]

As you may recall, my journal entry from Tuesday featured three pictures of the sakura that were taken on my Toyama outing that morning. The post ended with a promise of more, if there was interest. That interest has been expressed, so here I am to make good on that promise! Please to be enjoying!

Sakura, sakura everywhere!

(click on any picture in this post to see the full-sized version)


Besides the lovely cherry blossom, there is a gorgeous plum blossom tree on the right!


Another close up!


This statue in the park caught my eye -- more on it below!


Change of perspective -- looking up from the ground!


The road goes ever on and on...


As mentioned above, the statue of the girl in the park grabbed my attention, being beautifully framed by a halo of petals and blossoms. That said, I have absolutely no idea who she is or why this statue is there. There was no signage present and, even if there were, I doubt that I would have been able to read it! Thus, dear friends, I am offering one thousand points to the first person with Google-Fu strong enough to solve the mystery and uncover her secrets! Happy hunting!

Now then, tis off to bed for this Nomad! The T2K collaboration meeting -- latest in a popular series -- begins in the morning!

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[*] That's simply "konnichiwa", or "hello", written in hiragana characters.

Comments

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

So lovely!

Kip well m'dear. :o)

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

The first photo in particular, with the blossom-covered branches leaning over the neatly contained (how Japanese!) stream - that would make a lovely "desktop wallpaper". (I'd steal it, except mine is a shot of the top of the Empire State Building, lit up in shades of purple, against a starry sky.)

The girl is, indeed, a conundrum, especially since she's wearing a Western-style dress, holding up a bouquet that doesn't look especially Japanese either, and her position suggests classical (European) ballet.

[bloodsong1.livejournal.com]

Oi! I don't have access to search OR steal for my very own!

[miss-amaranth.livejournal.com]

Beautiful, Love. Thank you for sharing!

Bedtime for me now, too. Hope you are sleeping well, Beloved.

愛しています!!

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[datahawk.livejournal.com]

Wow. Fantastic. I hope you don't mind, but methinks I'll be stealing...er saving these as back grounds. May even save them at home (I have win 7 at home), then I can have the backgrounds change through these pics :)

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[vicki-t-veg.livejournal.com]

I love a good google challenge, but it defeated me(for now), the only thing I can guess at is it's a random memorial to unit 731 crimes.
I love white tree blossom at a glance I can almost convince myself it's snow and still winter and not spring which is my worst time of year

[imandunewen.livejournal.com]

Absolutely beautiful!

[stormdog.livejournal.com]

The first picture especially is really nicely composed and just amazes me. I love the stone walls of the river banks. The sakura are so pretty. I really need to at least get to DC sometime to see the blossoms there. I'm planning go get further afield than that eventually, but DC is an approachable goal at this point in my life.

What's the name of the park the girl is in? Is it in Toyama?

I'm so out of practice on my 日本語. I've been too busy with Español. This Summer I'm going to spend some time at least working on kanji again. It won't help with grammar, but if I can learn a big bunch of kanji from flashcards, it'll be a big help once I sit down and work on the nuts and bolts of the language again. I want to keep up with Spanish too, since I'm not going to have time to take more Spanish courses next semester. But with Spanish, I've gotten to the point, I think, where I can keep learning on my own via reading.

But I digress. Thank you for more wonderful pictures. I hope to share more of mine after I get through with finals in a few weeks!

[cheshcat.livejournal.com]

Which park was the statue in? Toyama Castle or Matsu River Park? Was she made of bronze?