{"id":1714,"date":"2014-05-18T10:22:52","date_gmt":"2014-05-18T10:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpunk.net\/sushibits\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2014-05-18T10:23:26","modified_gmt":"2014-05-18T10:23:26","slug":"roses-are-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpunk.net\/sushibits\/roses-are-red\/","title":{"rendered":"Roses are red… and white, yellow, pink, purple, orange…!"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the Cherryblossom Craze finally calmed down,\u00a0\u00a0the next flower mania\u00a0takes over Japan; the roses are in full bloom!<\/p>\n

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Near our house is a famous park, not the one with the castle, but the one built in the middle of the river surrounded by skyscrapers and highways: Nakanoshima park, literally meaning “island in the middle”. There is a\u00a0huge\u00a0European-style\u00a0rose garden with maybe a hundred different types of roses.<\/p>\n

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We bought a small bento (Japanese lunchbox), brought our mat (a nice green one!) and had a little pick -nick in the park before joining \u00a0half the population of Osaka in the rose explosion!<\/p>\n

Pink!<\/p>\n

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Orange!<\/p>\n

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…A bit of both!<\/p>\n

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And the classic red ones of course:<\/p>\n

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There was a small cute-dogs-in-dresses gathering, surrounded by a group of loud and enthusiastic women ;-)<\/p>\n

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What I love most about this park is the heavy contrast between the beauty of the garden and the tall, ugly, concrete office buildings surrounding it.<\/p>\n

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But when you put the two together you get very interesting patterns!<\/p>\n

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A lovely summerday in Nakanoshima Park!<\/p>\n

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With the Cherryblossom Craze finally calmed down,\u00a0\u00a0the next flower mania\u00a0takes over Japan; the roses are in full bloom! Near our house is a famous park, not the one with the castle, but the one built in the middle of the river surrounded by skyscrapers and highways: Nakanoshima park, literally meaning “island in the middle”. There …<\/p>\n

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