I like Spring. Japanese fiscal year usually starts April. The cherry blossom always reminds me new year is coming, meeting new people, studying new subject, learning something new. Everything is fresh. The weather also becomes warmer, tells me the end of winter. Let’s do something new. Yes.
Today, I went to Washington D.C., capital city in the U.S. with my friends. What a nice place!! I like staying at Washington D.C. We walked around the city and took duck tour which is tour on D.C. area by using amphibian. I had really good time with my friends. The weather was nice, not so cold. The sky was true blue. Wonderful day.
One thing I regretted is failing to take picture of departing airplane from Dulles international airport. These plane had a tremendous impact. I always wander why these large material can fly. To my knowledge, there is no proof why the plane is able to fly. Only what we know is we have results from experimental simulation. When I see the airplanes, I always remember the difference between Science and Engineering.
I think cherry blossoms are blooming everywhere in Japan, I miss them. When the flowers do come out, we enjoy having parties with companions under the trees. Since, almost same time the new fiscal year, we hold welcome party for new people. Usually party starts late afternoon, lasts until midnight. We drink, sing, talk, play under trees to know each other better. Japanese has kind of seniority system, so that finding and keeping nice place for the party we call it ‘Hanami’, is most important job for new recruits.
Washington D.C. reminds me Tokyo imperial palace. That place is very calm, peaceful, and solemn. We can see also cherry blossom, you can find the pictures by using google ‘皇居 桜’. There are also museum, theater, diet, and so on. I used to like walking around there. I remember when I went to museum to see Taro Okamoto collections. In his art works, he is famous for “The Tower of the Sun,” which was constructed to mark the opening of the 1970 Osaka Expo. But the most impressive monument I saw at that time was ‘Non’ monument.
He believed that denying is strong source of imagination. I strongly agree with him. Being denied is sometimes hard. But after being denied outside of us, we really start thinking the problems deeply.
I spent lovely day. Thank you for my friends, sharing great time with me!! I need to post pictures later on Facebook. Haha.