April is a month of cherry blossoms in Japan. In this castle, there were lots of cherry trees that were in full bloom at their best. You can see pieces of blue in the pic. They were parts of plastic sheets that you might often see it in a construction site. But in here, these were used by people to enjoy a picnic under the cherry blossoms. People brought plenty of foods, including bottles of beer or "sake", and enjoyed them with talking each other and watching the blossoms. Drinking in such a public place usually was/is not illegal in here. Some special places might prohibit people from drinking, but it might not be a majority.
Here was in the castle. In the samurai-era, nobody but the master of the castle and its high-level samurais would be allowed to enjoyed the cherry blossoms here. But about 140 years later, everyone could be here for free (though we had to pay admission fees in order to go inside the castle), and enjoy watching the castle with cherry blossoms.
Here was still, still, Aizu-wakamatsu, Japan
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