For those going to Nara this summer! Are you good at scooping goldfish?

金魚すくいは得意ですか⁇

大会があるんだ!

金魚の発見:::約2000年前、中国南部地方で野生のフナの中ら赤色のものが発見され、これが原種となり今日金魚と呼ばれるものに。日本には1502年、室町時代中頃、中国から渡来したというのが定説。当時は貴族、富豪の珍奇な愛玩物として飼われ、庶民の間で流行したのは、明治時代になってから。

大和郡山市ホームページよりhttps://www.city.yamatokoriyama.lg.jp/soshiki/nogyosuisanka/kingyo/1/1912.html

https://www.city.yamatokoriyama.lg.jp/soshiki/chiikishinkoka/event/5/1670.html

About 2,000 years ago, a red-colored crucian carp was discovered among wild crucian carp in southern China.

It is believed that the goldfish was introduced to Japan from China in 1502 during the Muromachi period (1336-1573). At that time, goldfish were exclusively kept by aristocrats and wealthy people as curious pets, and it is said that it was during the Meiji period (1868-1912) that they became popular among the general public.

The origin of goldfish cultivation in Yamato Koriyama City is said to date back to 1724, when Marquis Kiri Yanagisawa entered Yamato Koriyama from Kai (Yamanashi Prefecture).

ぜひ行って挑戦してみては⁇Why don’t you go and try it?

Rhododendron indicum There’s a baby praying mantis!

皐月

赤ちゃん蟷螂が花の上で遊んでいます

なんてきれいな赤ピンク

自然の素晴らしさに毎日癒されます

かわいいカマキリ❤️

今日もありがとう

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Season of lovely sound of rain.

もう雨の季節かなぁ

Rainy season. Already⁇

雨音が心地よい

シトシト ピッちゃん 

雨音を楽しもう

自然に 包まれた音の中で

ゆっくり過ごす

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Yamabuki, bright yellow flowers

山吹の色って

きれい

黄色でもなく山吹色

万葉集 昔の人も

この花 愛でたんだ

素敵なつながり

昔も今も

ながれている

同じ心

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Yamabuki, with its bright yellow flowers, is the origin of the word “yama-buki” (meaning “mountain-buki color”). It is said to have been cultivated in Japan since the Manyoshu period. Legend has it that a gold coin dropped in a valley turned into yamabuki flowers around a stream.

At Today’s Walking Path

買い物の帰り みつけた

赤と白がかわいい花

小さくて かわいい

公園に咲いてた

花言葉

長生き 知恵 

なんだって

Salvia microphylla

Origin of the name
The name comes from the sweet, cherry-like aroma of the leaves when they are rubbed. Salvia, the genus name, is also derived from the Latin words “salvare” (cure) and “salveo” (health), referring to the fact that it is a member of the sage family, which is popular as a medicinal herb. The scientific name microphylla means “of small leaves.

flower symbolism

Immortality, long life, wisdom

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Chaenomeles japonicaFruits behind the flowers.

花の後ろ

ジャジャーン

実が隠れてる

うーうん いい香り

りんご 白い花 柑橘系さわやかさも

自然ってすごいな〜

ひっそりと 行われる

地球はまわっている

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Chaenomeles japonica

Fruits behind the flowers.

smells so good!

Grandpa says they’re not edible.

It smells of apple, pear and citrus.