User:Nadia El Borai/Seasonal pictures of Japan

Today is : 28, August 2024

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Tokonoma
Tokonoma in a residence in Engaku-ji Temple in Kita Kamakura

Flower arrangement
Yearly ikebana exhibition by Ohara School, Machida Chapter, in lieu of a workshop. My arrangement.

Iris
Iris or Hana Shobu in a field. Japanese Iris Iris ensata or sword leaf iris. Iris leaves of another variety Shobu ''Acorus calamus var. angustatus'' are used in the bath on boys day.

Children's Day 5th May
Children's day is a national holiday. Originally there was girl's day on the 3rd of March and boy's day on the 5th of May. Now the 5th of May has become children's day.

Kyoto, Uji, Byodoin
Uji is about 20 miutes by train from Kyoto station. It is famous for green tea and many interesting places including Byodoin which is on the 10 yen coin.

Food for thought
An old and beautiful maple bonsai in a sushi restaurant in April. Nigiri sushi, elongated balls of rice covered with sliced fish, some raw, some cooked. Chirashi sushi, rice with various topping.

Cherry blossoms
Shiba sakura means a lawn of cherry blossoms. In English it is known as Moss Phlox, or Moss Flox. Phlox subulata Here blooming in Isehara

Girl's day
On the 3rd of March, girl's day is celebrated in Japan.

This is the flower arrangement I made in Atsugi town hall by the information desk.

Thanks
To Hiromi Sasaki of Kanagawa Prefecture Natural Environment Conservation Center, for correcting my mistake on Japanese Iris pointing out that Shobu is a different species from Hana Shobu.