This time I managed to get my visit right in the middle of the cherry blossom festivals... TV crews were out at Matsuyama castle, and parties under the trees a common occurrence. Enjoy the pics anyway!

Iwata sensei in centre, along with Yabe senseis and Nishimoto s.... quite a busy seminar considering how many of us were flying in! USA, Taiwan, UK, Finland and Hungary as well as a couple of resident UK/USA guys...