The Agricultural Festival (ueki matsuri, 植木祭) will open Saturday at a new location due to the quakes. It used to be held on the Shirakawa riverbank, which was a great location; it then moved to Toshima, which was terrible. This year, it will be held at Jozan Park (Jozan Koen, 城山公園 - map at the link), which I hope will be an improvement. It’s a good chance to catch a glimpse of plumb blossoms while enjoying a bowl of steaming horse offal stew (馬ホルモン煮込み - yum! My favorite!) Another, larger festival should open soon at Agricultural Park in Koushi Machi, but the JA Website is, typically, down, so I can’t confirm the date. Spring is just around the corner!

http://kuma-uekiichi.com/