The best thing about spring

Hanami or Yozakura (nighttime hanami): 10 friends (check), meat to barbecue or yummy bento (check), alcohol (check), tarp or blanket (check), hundreds of blooming sakura trees in the park of the ruins of hagi castle (check, check). Now seriously, as some put it, what could get more cultural than THAT?? I couldn't agree more.