The Japanese word “Hana-gumori” means the dim look of the slightly cloudy sky in the cherry blossom season.
On looking up this word in a dictionary, I could learn that it means the hazy weather in spring.
“Hana” means a flower (or especially cherry blossoms), and “gumori (or kumori)” means cloudy.
I think that “Hana-gumori” is one of the most beautiful Japanese words joined a plant on to the weather.
In Niigata, it is just a “Hana-gumori” today.
However, it was a dull weather with brief light rain on the day when these photographs were taken by me.
But even so, I enjoyed seeing fine views.