Tsutsugi

Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 9:37 PM
Subject: Weekly Email

Just a quick note this week. I went to the national gardens at Shinjuku Goen this last Sunday because the azaleas were in bloom and also to see the last of the cherry blossoms. In Japanese, azaleas are called Tsutsugi and cherry trees are Sakura. Anyway, that was very nice and I have attached a picture of the last of the cherry blossoms. This one is a "double" pink which are the late bloomers.

Last night several of us when and ate Sukiyaki which is meat and vegetables cooked at your table in a soy broth. Very good. Other than that it has been a week mostly of work. The big effort will be over the next two weeks.