Cherry blossom at Japan Square

Right before we depart for our trip (by the way, it is rainning today in NYC) the cherry trees of Japan Square bloom. The square itself is beaultiful and it is even more with these flowers.

Interesting the fact that the color of the girls`s bag matches the color of the flowers.

Schedule for today (if the rain permits): Flatiron and Gramercy districts.

Japan Square

The Japan square is a 14,000 m2 public place of surrounded beauty. Its construction project was started in 1958 and completed in 1962, at the expense of the Japanese colony in Curitiba, supported by the Municipality of Curitiba. There are scattered around the square 30 cherry trees sent from Japan by the Japanese government in honor of the Japanese community rooted in Paraná and in the case, especially in Curitiba. Embedded in a stone, there is a plaque commemorating the arrival of immigrants from this ethnic group in Brazil.

Love is waiting

I'll be waiting for you baby
I'll be holding back the darkest night
Love is waiting til we're ready, til it's right
Love is waiting
(Brooke Fraser Lyrics)

I have taken this picture of this young couple in a bench at Japan Square in Agua Verde District this morning. They look so sweet together early in the morning, probably waiting for the moment to go to school.

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