Sakura means peace

In Higashi Ojima I sit in a camp chair beneath some cherry blossoms. In front of me the best playground we know of is absolutely overwhelmed. Everyone, it seems, is in the park. The children swarm the zip lines, roller slide, climbing structures. For years now we’ve been lucky to spend these few weeks in Japan, in Tokyo, wandering beneath cherry blossoms, sitting in parks, and surrendering to the…