More blossoms and other stuff

 The cherries were definitely in full bloom.

 As I mentioned before, the various flowers are all blossoming at the same time this year, rather than being spread out of a number of weeks. These flowers are usually seen well before the cherry blossoms.

 Along this stretch of road, there are cherry trees on both sides and the branches meet in the middle so the road goes through a tunnel of pink.

 After leaving the cherry trees, we walked toward Izumi Chuo and along the way decided to have lunch at a Mos Burger, a Japanese chain resembling Macdonalds.

 The Japanese are constantly importing things and then modifying them almost beyond recognition. This picture is a closeup of the poster you can see on the side of the Mos Burger building in the above picture. It is an ad for their newest item. I guess you could call it Indo-Mexican food. What you get is Indian nan covered with the ingredients normally found in a Mexican taco. Broken pieces of taco shell are sprinkled on top of the whole thing. I almost tried one, but finally decided on a burger made from a chicken breast instead.