It's nice to read your early news of kYOTO's spring flower blossoms. The maewha blossoms are known  to blow out buds not early than February or March, then if the Kyoto maewha are specially controlled by botanists there or naturally proceeded, I wonder. Anyway your wrtiting subject and sryle showed you are quite adapted to the Japanese life and enjoying. Life means not only live out one's life but deeply bosomed in the environment I think. Though you may or may not have neighbours with whom you recollect your young days, I hope you are pleased  back to your happy young days on the occasion of Lunar new year. Take good care of you Dear Sunshine. Jung regards