Sakura! It's getting close to that time of the year again-Hanami season

Hanami season is just around the corner and that means sitting under the cherry tree blossoms, eating your favorite J-foods like yakitori, karaage, and takoyaki, and some drinking times with friends, and often some random Japanese people as well.  Here is the sakura report (yes, they have one of those):
http://tenki.jp/sakura/expectation
Sendai's predicted bloom
first bloom: April 6th
full bloom: April 11th

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