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recommended My Japan season ⭐️立夏　Rikka Lovely season

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Rikka is one of the 24 Sekki (24 seasonal divisions).

Nijushisekki divides the spring, summer, fall, and winter seasons into six segments each, and the year is divided into 24 segments, each with a name that serves as a guide to the season.

For example, the first Sekki before Rikka is “Kokuu,” which means rain moistens grains, and the next Sekki after Rikka is “Shoman,” which means all things are full in heaven and earth.

Rikka may refer to the day on which summer begins, or it may refer to the 15 days from Rikka to the day before the next Sekki, Shomitsu.

Rikka(立夏) in 2024: …..May 5 or May 5 – May 19

See you next time❗️

芙蓉Hibiscus mutabilis　向日葵sunflower

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Hot summer, but they are blooming well.
Plants are amazing
They are not complaining.

Blooming beautiful

暑い夏　美しくたたずむ　花々

尊敬

Although the exact date of its cultivation in Japan is unknown,

it is believed to have already been cultivated in the gardens of aristocrats and samurai families during the Muromachi period (1336-1573).

It has a deep connection with Japanese culture and is said to have been a favorite of the ink painter and Zen monk Sesshu.

Matsuo Basho composed a poem, “Fuyo (hibiscus sylvestris), which is a kind of hibiscus that changes its shape day by day.

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

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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?