Dear Hive Friends:

How's everything going? As for me, the other day a large earthquake happened in the northeastern part of Japan, I was really afraid when that happened, but I'm OK. A friend of mine in Yamagata cut his head a little bit when a glass figurine fell onto his head. He went to hospital, but now he's fine. 　　　　　 In Japan it's getting warmer, so I decided to take a walk for a change. Today I went to a Japanese garden looking for cherry blossoms, and I felt like sharing with you what I saw. ![IMG\_2505.JPG](https://images.hive.blog/DQmbmMtthWAcUFBJdrF2n5vHuPxrTsmuQwcGNR5YwyRNWHH/IMG\_2505.JPG) a Japanese garden in Tokyo

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In this garden I found various kinds of pretty flowers. How do you like them? ![photo (19).JPG](https://images.hive.blog/DQmdqLxmfK1WcG6X5D4JbavYb3MMBPkFdRYb8Jwo3MTzsGq/photo%20(19).JPG) When I was walking in the garden I found lots of flowers fallen on the greenish yellow ground. ![photo (12).JPG](https://images.hive.blog/DQmeg2Rhm3kSN4gkPFDjdHCTEXazSz95Y8TdYoeVbWDdmrQ/photo%20(12).JPG) What I liked in the garden is this music device called 水琴窟 (Sui-kin-kutsu "water koto cave "). ![photo (13).JPG](https://images.hive.blog/DQmVnXhzor3tJ2gwNRLLYgzjR12aaAHDsG84dCvRbRUyXfq/photo%20(13).JPG) From the outside you can't see how it is, so take a look at the image below. Below the stones, there's a pot upside down with a hole so that water can drip through the hole onto the pool. ![Suikinkutsu\_CrossSection.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmbp5PvJYBtdH8qFvsy2tCcyUmAknTE5euqkaLpa1dJQyg/Suikinkutsu\_CrossSection.jpg) (Chris 73 / Wikimedia Commons) Through those tubes of bamboo you can enjoy the splashing sounds of water coming from the inside of the pot. I liked the nice relaxing sound. ![IMG\_2505.JPG](https://images.hive.blog/DQmbmMtthWAcUFBJdrF2n5vHuPxrTsmuQwcGNR5YwyRNWHH/IMG\_2505.JPG) Besides, I found these beautiful flowers. Under the gray cloudy sky in the spring, these colorful flowers looked very beautiful to me.

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![IMG\_2527 - コピー.JPG](https://images.hive.blog/DQmWvsomm5XUWPJFMFZENVm5j2VR7iWUkFB6xnQHTDynSPw/IMG\_2527%20-%20%E3%82%B3%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC.JPG)

In addition to these flowers, I was able to cherry blossoms though it's too soon for them to fully bloom. When they fully bloom, I'm gonna share some photos with you, ok? ![photo (24).JPG](https://images.hive.blog/DQmVeqXokKVpqcoDewELLZp1Gm2mMuWyb38Ya2xg2yn3PJa/photo%20(24).JPG) That's it for today. I hope you've liked my walk. If you have any questions, please ask me.

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Haru _{I make a living as an artist in Japan. I love seeing beauty and happiness in small things such as pretty flowers on the street or taking care of animals. In the future I wanna have a space where I could take care of many stray cats or dogs. I'd appreciate it if you would follow me, since that'll give me more motivation.}