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Sunshine in the garden

Artistic tree Tea Ceremony with Kai

The weather held up incredibly well during Nicky and Sonja's visit. We spent a Saturday visiting one of the parks in the region around our house, Shinjuku gyoen. It features a beautiful Japanese garden with traditional tea house. The ume trees were in full bloom, which made the garden extra beautiful. In the photo on the left, you can even see a bride and groom snapping wedding photos with this quintessential Japanese backdrop. We had heard about the heavenly scent of the plum blossoms, but despite our fascination with seeking out ume blossoms, we had not been able to detect it until today. It was truly wonderful -- a bit like a rose. Despite the beautiful sunshine, we enjoyed the opportunities to warm up inside the botanical greenhouse, and with traditional green tea in the tea house (right photo).

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