The first anniversary

It was a calm spring day. The first anniversary of my mother's death was held in the Saiun Temple at 11:00a.m. After the chief priest said a sutra for my mother, my relatives, my father, my husband and I put some sticks of incense at the memorial service tower where my mother's ashes rest in the temple.Then the chief priest and we had a special lunch in the hall of the temple. My husband and I took a rest at a cafe after the ceremony. And then we went to my father's home on foot. We walked Gonta to a temple near my father's home to enjoy the cherry blossoms. But dogs are not allowed to go into the temple, so we went in there in turn. There were many people and there were many kinds of food stands. Many parties were held at the place. We took many pictures of them in turn. We went out from my father's home at 6:30p.m. We arrived at our station 7:30p.m. We enjoyed watching the cherry blossoms along a river on our way home.