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Spring has finally sprung! At least that's what the calendar says. Though it is still cold outside the flowers are starting to bloom on the trees and it's almost time for hanami! This will be my first time experiencing cherry blossom watching in Japan. I cannot wait to sit outside in warmer weather, with my friends and eat and drink under the Sakura trees. Where are some good places to view the hanami? Some people go to beaches while other people have suggested going to a park. Where do you go?
  

I attended a birthday party this past Sunday at a park in Marugame. I had so much fun there! My friend picked me up at the train station and drove me to the venue, which was a building we rented for the day at a park. A lot of her family members and family friends were in attendance, making the first 10 minutes full of greetings and introductions. After about an hour of chatting and stuffing my face with some great food, my friend and her sister and I went outside to the playground to play with all her kid relatives. We played lots of tag variations, like Cop and Robbers and Zombie Tag, as well as some random playing around, like just kicking a ball around and simply pushing each other around. It was a lot of fun, and I even got a workout from it, since one of the kids challenged me to a race, and then when we thought it was all over, he then challenged me to a small game of soccer. I made lots of friends with the kids there, even though one of them kept on saying foul English to me! He was a blast though. He’d randomly turn around while I was talking and just yell back in Spanish, “Que?!” which means “What?!” After our time at the play ground we retired to our rented room and took lots of pictures with the families, ate, and then danced a bit.