In May the roses were really beautiful around my neighborhood.

And we went to Katsunuma Wine Cave, where I tasted some, well, pretty awful Japanese wines. I still have not found amazing Japanese wine, if anyone knows of a brand or style of wine from Japan which is drinkable I would love to know.

The vines looked nothing like Europe.

Japanese countryside!

We went on yakatabune! We ate monjayaji and looked at the Rainbow bridge and Odaiba from the boat.

The neighbors did some decorating outside their door.

And I saw a blimp!

And this made me feel like I was in California. I love palm trees, maybe because I never saw them much as a child, they always seemed exotic to me, and reminded me of being on holiday and warm weather.