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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

" Ume " Japanese calligraphy

 




 " ( bai, or ume ). It is translated as plum, prune.
This character is written by Kanzi, Regular script.

Etymology : Phono-semantic compound
semantic  (tree, wood)  +  phonetic  (every)

The tree to tell about spring of every year.
The Ume blossoms may be the roles.


" When we are in the midst of enduring fate, the truth is revealed. "
 Vincent van Gogh ( 1853-1890 )


梅の花 匂ふ春べは くらぶ山  闇に越ゆれど しるくぞありける

In springtime when the plum blossoms smell so sweet

even beyond Kurabu Mountain shrouded in darkness they stand out clearly

            紀 貫之 ( 872 - 945 )   古今和歌集



梅の花 なににほふらん 見る人の  色をも香をも 忘れぬる世に

In a world where people who see plum blossoms forget both color and scent

            大弐 三位 ( 999 - 1082 )   新古今和歌集




Sunday, March 12, 2023

Adonis ramosa

 








The Japanese name is Fukujuso.

Early spring glow

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Japanese apricot

 





Japanese apricot is the earliest messenger of spring.


 weeping plum





Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Alright, let's go a hidden hot spring town



 


A hidden hot spring town in Japan's unexplored region. 

Ginzan Onsen, Yamagata Prefecture.

Model of Spirited Away ( ghibli animation )


List of hot springs in Japan


My recommendation is Nyuto Onsen, Akita Prefecture, in winter.






Saturday, February 25, 2023

Hello Kitty and winter season Shinkansen " Go " Japanese calligraphy

 


 " (gyō・iku). It is translated as go.
This character is written by Kanzi, Regular script.

 

Pretty painted Shinkansen



This train is operated in JR West.





This train runs between Hakata and Shin-Osaka Station as Kodama trains at each station.

Here is Hakata Station in the early morning of winter.






Inside the Shinkansen car





Shinkansen ‘Go‘ ing through the snow !




The sight of soaring snow is impressive.
Be careful with the volume.



To live your best life is to keep looking for ways to live better.
Socrates (470 BC - 399 BC)

Do your best for what you can do today. 
Hopefully, we'll make some progress tomorrow.
Isaac Newton (1643-1727)



Thank you for your visit, always.  
I am always grateful for your support.

I love you.
sincerely yours.
From Japan.
 

Gracias por tu visita, siempre.
Siempre estoy agradecido por su apoyo.

te quiero.
sinceramente tuyo.
De Japon.



Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Hello Kitty and Shinkansen running in the snow

 

 

 Hello Kitty Shinkansen 

  The Hello Kitty Shinkansen is operated by West Japan Railway Company.

 


  

  Tohoku Shinkansen Kurikoma-Kogen Station high-speed passage

   


   


Explanation of Shinkansen




Speed comparison at various stations.

This video is probably taken by choosing the station that passes through at the fastest speed.

Be careful with the volume.


Please come and ride the Bullet Train, welcome to Japan.



Sunday, February 19, 2023

" Advance " Japanese calligraphy





" " (shin, or susumu). It is translated as advance, make progress, enter, etc.
   This character is written by Kanzi, Semi-cursive script.

   Etymology : Ideogrammic compound
    semantic (walk)  +  phonetic  (bird)


We will not stay there forever.
It's impossible because the time is always moving forward.

remaind and stopped people is pathetic. 
Their growth will stop, too.
However, we will make progress, go to the future...
 

He who moves not forward, goes backward. 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( 1749 ~ 1832 )



Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Bonsai Daybreak Reflection

 

   
 Night rain mixed with the sleet gets the Japanese apricot wet. 
Delicate colors seem to be polished still more.


   
 Shine of the dawn lets me feel drops of water coolly.


    

It is the rare bonsai which pink and snow-white flower are mixed, and bloom. 
Fallen petals make up a base.



Thank you for your visit, always.  
I am grateful for your support.

I love you.
sincerely yours.

From Japan.





Saturday, February 11, 2023

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

" Crimson " Japanese calligraphy


 

 " ( kō, kurenai ). It is translated as deep red, crimson.
  This character is written by Kanzi, Semi-cursive script
  Etymology : Phono-semantic compound    紅 ⇒  ( thread ) + ( work )  


Spring signs ...

Saturday, February 4, 2023

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

" Tokyo " Japanese calligraphy

 



" 東京 " ( tō - kyō ). It is translated as Tokyo (capital of Japan).    

This character is written by KanziRegular script.    

Etymology :  ( east ) +  ( capital city )   


  Tokyo was renamed in September 1868 from the city of Edo, the Tokugawa shogunate.

Tenno emperor emigrated from Kyoto at that time.

Of course, the Emperor's family home is still in Kyoto.

It is the Imperial Palace.



Saturday, January 28, 2023

The legendary Old - District movie

 




Here is Shirakawa-gō ("White River Old-District"), Gifu Prefecture.


Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Dream or fantasy

 



People chase their dreams. And, want the world to be a fantasy.

Here is Sounkyo, Hokkaido.

 Tourist information


If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. 

If we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

Anne Dudley Bradstreet ( 1612 - 1672 )




Thank you for your visit, always.  
I am grateful for your support.

I love you.
sincerely yours.

From Japan.



Sunday, January 22, 2023

" Winter " Japanese calligraphy

 



 " (tō, or fuyu). It is translated as winter.    

This character is written by KanziRegular script.    

Etymology :  (go) +  (ice)   


 Ice is passing away.

The creator of this kanji has a very poetic sense.


Please be careful.


Wednesday, January 18, 2023

The legendary Old - District

 



These houses say a gasshō-zukuri ( joining hands structure ). 

It resembles manual form when a man joined his hands. 

The structure is this local characteristic, and the roof where snow is easy to fall. 

Of course people still live in there. 

Nobles and concerned people made this village about 800 years ago. 

It is the legend that they lose to fight (1180–1185), and sheltered here. 





It takes several hours from the town nearby to here, and surrounded the circumference in the high mountains. 

Snow shut in people in old days.

 It will be the one of the places that are the most inconvenient in this small country. 

And it may be a good place of the scenery most.





The ancestral one of them is called "Heike". 

They were defeated by Yoritomo Minamoto of "Genji". 

The Heian period was over at the time, and the Kamakura period began. 

Yoritomo Minamoto is the first Shōgun. It is the leader of the samurai. 

Yes. When this village was born, the Samurai's area whom you knew was born, too. 


Here is Shirakawa-gō ("White River Old-District"), Gifu Prefecture.




Thank you for your visit, always.  
I am grateful for your support.

I love you.
sincerely yours.

From Japan.


Saturday, January 14, 2023

" Snow " Japanese calligraphy




"" ( setsu, or  yuki ). It is translated as snow.
This character is written by KanziRegular script.

The original character is "䨮"
Etymology :  雨 ( rain ) + 彗 ( broomstick )

The original meaning is sweeping the ground.
The person who devised a kanji is a poet, surely.


Take care


Sunday, January 8, 2023

Sunday, January 1, 2023

Mount Fuji

 


In Japan, it is said that good things will happen if you see Mt. Fuji on New Year's Day.


 Happy New Year. 


I hope this year is a good one for you and yours.


To friends around the world. 

From Japan in the Far East.  JST 01.01.2023 00:00