日本長崎賞櫻記（お花見）｜Cherry Blossom in Nagasaki, Japan (March, 2014)

最近台灣的櫻花季開始了～我也不落人後的跟家人去陽明山賞櫻
（請各位客官看這篇）

然後去到陽明山看到櫻花後，忽然想起去年人在長崎時的櫻花季
所以回到家就立馬回去看那時候拍的照片

才發現原來當時看到的都是白色的吉野櫻～
（還記得我爸在陽明山說：我最喜歡白色的吉野櫻。
我還在心裡想：那感覺超少看到的）

殊不知...
如今有種當時身在福中不知福的感覺

The cherry blossom season just started in Taiwan, so without a doubt, me and my family visited Mt. Yangming to take a closer look at those gorgeous flowers. :D
The cherry blossom was awesome there at Mt. Yangming, which reminded me of my great time in Japan. So as soon as I went back home, I started to browse through the photos I took last year when I was still in Nagasaki. And luckily enough, I found these photos! It's a shame that back at the time I was in Japan, I didn't realize how amazingly beautiful these cherry trees were. I kind of just took all these for granted. Like, "Yeah, this is how Japan should be like, cherry blossom and all this stuff." (That was my sixth month in Japan, shame on me!!!)

*Photos all taken by iPhone 5

白色帶點粉紅色的櫻花真的很美

就像之前在交換心得裡面有打的

我住的宿舍附近有一個小公園

去年三月初，當我結束在台灣的短暫避寒，回到長崎時

就已經看到公園的櫻花樹開遍白色的櫻花

Like I wrote in my other posts, there's a little park near the dorm I lived. At the time I went back to Nagasaki, after a short return to Taiwan in February (to escape from the coldness in Japan), I found out the cherry trees in this little park were already blooming with white blossoms.

當時邊走邊拍所以有點糊

就一個在家旁邊的公園都可以有這般美景，覺得日本人很幸福

而且不管是早上或者晚上

都可以看到日本家庭或者朋友間帶著野餐墊到公園野餐喝啤酒

所以下圖的燈籠在晚上就會亮起來，讓大家賞夜櫻

During this cherry blossom season, you can see Japanese bringing their picnic mats to the parks and have foods and beers with their families or friends, no matter in the daytime or in the evening.
So the lanterns in the photo below will be lightened up at night so people can still enjoy cherry blossom at night!

只要是可以賞櫻的公園，都會掛起像這樣的燈籠（上面寫著キリンビール：麒麟啤酒lol）

連公園的階梯都快要被落下的櫻花鋪滿了

所以在我驚覺我身處難得的櫻花季後

決定前往長崎的其他角落找尋櫻花的蹤跡

因此決定從宿舍徒步走到我在長崎的愛點「水邊之森公園（水辺の森公園）」

兩地方的距離約莫六點多公里，走路過去要一個多小時

沿途會經過浦上川，川旁有給人行走的路徑，路徑旁開滿了櫻花

So when I suddenly realized that this was the once a year cherry blossom season, I decided to take an adventure to other places in Nagasaki City right away, to search for the presence of other cherry blossom trees. Therefore, I made up my mind to walk from my dorm to my favorite spot in Nagasaki - Mizubenomori Park. The distance between these two places is around 6 something kilometers. And it takes over an hour to walk there. On the way there, you'll pass by Urakami River, and there were cherry trees on both side of the path.

從宿舍走下山然後沿著浦上川走到水邊之森公園

浦上川河畔也有幾棵盛開的小櫻花樹

所以我就秉持觀光客的心態

在這河畔東捕捉西捕捉櫻花的倩影

So here I am, capturing the stunning sight of these cherry blossoms, like a tourist.

現在自己回過頭來看這些照片都覺得

「天哪我那時候也太幸福了吧！！！」

Now when I look back at these photos, I am like "God, I was so lucky back then!!"

最後在將近兩小時後我終於抵達水邊之森公園

而這地方不愧是我在長崎最喜歡的地方

果然茂盛的櫻花沒讓我失望～

After nearly two hours, I finally arrived at Mizubenomori Park. 

This place is full of cherry trees. It's like Japanese planted nothing but cherry trees here.

And the cherry blossoms were, needless to say, stunning!

除了自己在附近為探險之外

我們一群台灣交換生也有去大江公園賞八重櫻（八重桜・やえざくら）

Besides me going on an adventure myself, we exchange students also went to Ooe Park to take a look at Yae Sakura.

當時有點可惜，氣候有點不佳，不然這樣的櫻花飛雪應該會更美

這一層一層的花瓣就是八重櫻的特色

這好像是我第一次看到八重櫻

一層一層的好不像平常認識的櫻花

而我解風情的室友竟然說這像是樹上掛著一小團一小團的衛生紙...

好，總之這就是2014年日本長崎的櫻花小遊記～

希望之後還有機會回到這地方舊地重遊

屆時一定會更珍惜這些美麗的櫻花

This is my first time seeing Yae Sakura. Unlike other kinds of Sakura, Yae Sakura has layers of petals centering its pistil. But my roommate thought it's like balls of tissue hanging on the tree.

Anyways, this is the little cherry blossom adventure I had last year in Nagasaki, Japan. If I had another chance to visit the place again, I would definitely be more grateful for these ravishing sakura blossoms.