after a bowl of okinawa soba for dinner, kazuto and i went to nakijin castle ruins for a night time hanami. we were surprised that okinawan sakura flowers are much darker in color and petite, compared to the ones in mainland japan. also, we heard on the radio that okinawa sakura petals do not dance with the wind, again unlike the ones in mainland. regardless of these differences in character, sakura in okinawa and mainland are indeed beyond beautiful.
