サクラ　　Sakura

こんにちは！ hi, there!

先週のサクラ。

A Sakura view last week.

じいちゃんを助手席に、ぐるんと市内の桜巡り。

Driving around the city, so that Sarah’s father can enjoy Sakura,

三島に国立遺伝学研究所があるんだけど、毎年桜の時期に一般公開されるの。この研究所で昔、むか～しソメイヨシノの研究がされていて、その時に日本各地からいろんな種類のサクラが集められ、今も敷地内でそだっていて、一般公開の（サラの）メインはお花見！

In Mishima, National Institute of Genetics is located, and they open the labs and garden to the public once a year during the Sakura season. In this institute, they once had Sakuras’ genetic research and for it they collected many varieties of Sakuras from all over Japan, and they grow in the garden even now. So (for Sarah) the main purpose of visiting there on the day is viewing Sakura.

なのに・・・ああああ💦 中止になっちゃった！

but. . . unfortunately, (for a purpose of preventing COVID 19 infection) it was also cancelled. . . 💦

中止だけど、研究所の周りぐるりと道路が走っているので、じいちゃんとそっちもドライブして来た！

Anyway, there’s a road around the institute premises, so there too we drove around.

ここにね、緑色のサクラ、ギョイコウ（御衣黄）が数本育っていて、いつも楽しみにしていたんだけどね・・・

they have some trees which have green Sakura flowers

この2枚は以前のお写真、ギョイコウは道路からは見えない所にあるのよ・・

these two phots are not taken this year, but two years ago, they grow in the area where we can’t see from the road. . . .

ここは、三嶋大社

now in Mishima Grand Shrine

毎年、すっごい人出になるけど、さすがに今年は市民がついでに観ていくって感じかな・・でも、人出が少ないので、観に行けたんだけどね、いつものようにすごい人出だと、今はやっぱり怖いもの。

Every year, many people come here to enjoy Sakura though, seems only people nearby visiting there in this year. Well, it’s good for Sarah, many people were there, then too risky, right? but not so many people were there, so Sarah was able to enjoy quickly!!!