Last Monday and Tuesday a block of Chuo-dori street was decorated with various flower petals, wood chips, and white and black stones. I went on Tuesday with my mother and, it being a holiday, the place was jam packed with sightseers. This is the second year Nagano has held what they’ve called Infiorata. In order to keep all the petals in place, a team of workers wandered throughout the design spraying what I hope was just water. And a few of them had giant tongs to return to their proper place those petals that were blown in the wind.