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It was the day of “Haru-Ichiban,” the first spring wind, that I visited Yugawara, a western part of Kanagawa Prefecture. The UME (pronounced Ooh-Meh ) flowers were in full bloom, and they were fighting hard to withstand the beating of the brutal spring gust. It started to rain, too, and the view became something I did not quite expect. The rain, the gust, the waving trees. . . “I must have picked the perfect day of the year to come here,” I thought cynically, but stood there and kept staring at the sight before me.
Moments have passed, and I slowly began to see what was not supposed to be visible. The God of the Wind, the God of the Rain, and the God of Flowers, dancing together in jubilation. . . The only day of the year when they gather and celebrate the end of the long and cold winter. The feast will probably last until dawn, but when it’s over, the warm and gentle spring will finally begin.