Viewing the Cherry Blossoms in Bifuka

	They actually have a fair number of cherry trees here.
	I think this sign says it all...
	Complete with the traditional blue tarp.
	Around the grill. Yumi, Greer, and Heather.
	Awwww..... now isn't that cute?
	I made a friend! Can't remember his name, but he called me over and showed me a rickety ladder up to the top of a wooden torii gate. How could I say no?
	One of his friends came up to join us. I was seriously impressed that this ladder could hold my weight.
	Greer sporting the new "double hat" look
	We went for a walk around the park afterwards and saw some cool old-school wooden dams.
	From the downriver side.
	Heather and Mr. Hirata take the lead.
	A fallen birch. Man those roots are shallow.
	A lookout up the hill surrounded by cherry trees.
	A closeup of some of the blossoms.
	Another cherry tree
	The path
	A group of cherry trees.
	This is a good looking one.
	The town of Bifuka as seen from the park.
	A closeup of the bridge.
	The lookout from the top.
	More cherry trees.
	Ok, this isn't hanami anymore, but on the way back home we stopped to take some pictures of rice fields, because they're ubiquitous out here and I hadn't taken any yet.
	The straight road
	Plowing another field.
	Wide shot of the rice field
	A farmer tilling a future rice field

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