We’re off for a picnic beneath the cherry trees in Shizuki Park.
In the balmy spring sun we open our lunch boxes and munch on rice balls while taking in the sight of the blossoms.
  Soon we find ourselves more absorbed in the food than the flowers.
We dance a joyful dance intoxicated on the spectacle of the cherry blossoms - or is it the sake?
  From somewhere wafts the sound of singing. A cherry blossom dance in a shower of petals.
  Strangers gather as the blushing pink blossoms bloom high and low in all their glory.

Located on the ruins of Hagi Castle, Shizuki Park is planted with some six hundred cherry trees of the Somei Yoshino and Midori Yoshino varieties. No one could ever never tired of the sight of the pale pink blossoms flowering on the branches and scattering in the breeze, a symbol of evanescence. From any angle, the cherry blossoms in full bloom with Mount Shizuki in the background make a perfect picture.