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April 2003
#035

KS Classifieds
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Hanami Views

Stretch out the blue tarpaulin, drink yourself into a slumber and compose an inebriated haiku - it's Hanami time again!

TS caught up with some avid 'flower viewers' to find out what it's all about.

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Questions

1. Name and age

2. What is your occupation and how long have you been doing it?

3. What is your Hanami drinking record?

4. What do you like about Hanami?

5. What do yu dislike about Hanami?

6. What is the one essential thing for a good Hanami?

7. What does Hanami mean to you?

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#1

1. Kazuya ?

2. Student.

3. I can't drink a lot.

4. I can feel like I'm in a dream.

5. It gets too packed.

6. Nothing special.

7. Pleasure.

#2

1. Rumiko, ?

2. --

3. I don't drink that much.

4. Being together with everyone else.

5. Too many people.

6. Friends.

7. Spring.

#3

1. Ryuji, 27

2. Furiitaa.

3. Three litres of beer and five small bottles of sake.

4. Drinking.

5. The loudness.

6. Booze.

7. Drinking.

#4

1. Susumu Sone, 53

2. Company owner/manager for 30 years.

3. Three small bottles of sake, two small bottles of shochu and one bottle of beer.

4. It's a time and place for communication that's unique in Japanese culture.

5. Youngsters drink too much and make trouble.

6. Liquor, snacks and wet tissues.

7. It's a ceremony of the heart, mind and spirit for Japanese to feel the beginning of Spring.

#5

1. Kyoko ?

2. Office worker.

3. I can't drink a lot.

4. The white blossom looks beautiful in the night sky.

5. Drunk people are stinky.

6. Cherry blossom.

7. It's good to refresh my mind.


Photos and interviews: Matt Cheetham
(watchlooksee.com)