Update...

Already March!
Well what happened?...
Just like the natural cycle of nature, I guess I simply curled up under my kotatsu (heated table) and fell asleep for 3 months. You think I am kidding...come to Japan!

In this country, there is always a way of doing everything and anything. There is a time to eat certain food, a time to be wearing certain clothes, a time to have outbursts of energy. I could go on all day. Winter is the time for nabe (japanese pot dish), kotatsu, influenza and electric blanket. Also the time to say outloud in a long complaining and whiny tone in the hallways at work, at the supermarket, while going to your car etc..(as if nobody already knew!): SAMUUUUUUUUUUUI!!!!!! Literally translated: IT'S FREEZING!

So unless you are a winter sports type of person, winter in Japan is definately the dead season. Nothing happens. You dont see or hear from friends for a really long time. You actually dont want to get out of your house as soon as you get in there. But after 3...maybe 4 months of hardships than something call spring knocks at your door. And just as the environment wakes up, people start to be lively again. Kids are running around again. It is a new fiscal year. Students start a new school year. Flowers are blooming. Finally!

So here I am at the start of it all for the second time...And pretty soon the picture on this blog will be perfect for the occasion. Yeay for sakura the best time in Japan, in my humble opinion along with all the festivals in August.