ONE OF LIFE'S SIMPLE PLEASURE
                                                       JAPANESE SEASONS


                                             
Japanese lifestyle have changed with the each time, but deep down there is still a fount of tradition and knowledge that we can draw on the fully enjoy the changing seasons.


SPRING
It is the First Season
the Cherry Blossom come out in Spring. Cherry trees and Plum trees grow in many parts of the Country, some are more than a thousand years old.
Spring is called SAKURA CELEBRATION and generally Japanese people celebrate with flowers, alcoholic picnics, Kimonos's tea parties and the spring Geisha dance (Kyoto)


            

SUMMER
It is the second Season
Hot and humid days of summer will come but there are traditional ways to create an atmosphere of cool comfort.  Summer is celebrate with nights filled with fireworks, Obon festival in evening, obon-odori dancing and houses and yards filled with paper lanterns.




AUTUMN
It is the third Season
Another time to think about going into the Country to enjoy nature with our eyes. The air cool and fruit ripen in the mountain orchards and gardens the leaves begin to change color. People go hunting autumn leaves and doing picnics under the trees.




WINTER
It is the fourth Season
The winds of winter prepare their arrival. japan's snow festival is in this season, called HOKKAIDO SNOW FESTIVAL. people create the most beautiful giant sculpture.