Weather in April is very changeable. Rainy, windy, foggy, cycling of cold and warm days, and so on.

Spring shower provide water essential for growth of tea plants. In addition, the April shower give a fantastic atmosphere to tea plantations and cherry blossoms as follows.

Cherry blossoms with dews of spring shower, creating elegant aura with somehow melancholy atmosphere. I felt “Sabi” elegance.

Tea plants were also wetting by spring shower.

Closeup picture of the canopy of tea plants with an observation case of 20cm * 20cm size, taken when I supported the observation survey of tea farmers.

Wetting tea leaves reflect light slightly. I felt “Wabi” grace and from these tea plants and their strong will to grow too.

In a rainy day, tea farmers observe the state of tea plantations to check the growing rate to estimate the best time to pluck. I wish the great effort of tea farmers will fulfill fairly.

In a windy day, cherry blossoms are rained into tea plantations due to the spring wind.

From the beginning to the middle of April in Shizuoka, we can look the falling cherry blossoms at many places. The storm of cherry blossoms are very fantastic and beautiful. Unfortunately, the spec of my camera and my skill is not enough to shoot the wonderful scene. So please search “falling cherry blossom” in some search engines.
I could shoot some pictures as follows.

Only one piece of cherry blossom falling.

Snow like blurred points are falling cherry blossoms.

After the shower of cherry blossoms, the canopy of tea plants was partly covered with cherry blossoms like the load shown the above.

Now, most of cherry blossoms had been fallen in Shizuoka prefecture. (Although some species of cherry blossom, e.g. Yae-Zakura cherry blossom, are still blooming, the main kind “Someiyoshino” cherry blossom had been fallen)
And then new leaves are growing like tea plants!!

Tinge of agricultural area will change from pink to fresh green!!