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☔️💚Kyōto's greens sing in rain💚🙌

#Kyoto #京都 #Sagano #嵯峨野 #Arashiyama #Japan #祇王寺 #Giōji #moss #Jojakkoji #常寂光寺

A vibrant green canopy covers Jojakko-ji's rustic gate.

Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social

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Maple leaves are famously celebrated at the end of their short life, when they bow out in spectacular yellows and reds...but their appearance in Kyōto is also cause for cheer.

Shinryoku (新緑 'new green') describes this period of dazzling fresh leaves (and is not limited to maple trees).

#京都 #新緑 #newgreen #freshgreen #shinryoku #Kyoto

Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social

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fresh new leaves-
the cat and the crow
quarrel
若葉して猫と烏と喧嘩哉
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1821.
Trans. David G. Lanoue.

Jōjakkō-ji (常寂光寺) is the realm of Kurobee (くろべえ), a gorgeous black cat that lives in the ticket hut.

#Jōjakkōji #常寂光寺 #Kyoto #京都 #Japan

Kurobee, Jojakko-ji's black cat that works part time in the ticket office.

Looking down at Jojakko-ji's rustic gate through verdant leaves.

Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social

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☔️💚Kyōto's greens sing in rain💚🙌

#Kyoto #京都 #Sagano #嵯峨野 #Arashiyama #Japan #祇王寺 #Giōji #moss #Jojakkoji #常寂光寺

Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social

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The rain goes by many names at this time of year...

🌧️Saikau (催花雨) = spring rain that hastens the blooming of flowers
🌧️Kokū (穀雨 April 20ish) = "grain rain"
🌧️Zuiu (瑞雨) = rain that helps grain crops sprout
🌧️Kanu (甘雨) = rain that falls at the right time to moisten plants

#rain #spring #Arashiyama #Sagano #嵐山 #嵯峨野 #Japan

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Sam at BLAG @blag@typo.social

3 weeks ago

From 7pm London time we travel back to late 1920s Japan with @stewf at @letterformarchive as he takes you deeper into the 24 volumes of The Complete Commercial Artist.

The periodical, and the archive's new book (https://letterformarchive.org/shop/complete-commercial-artist), were the topic of Stephen's regular BLAG column: Inside Letterform Archive.

Stephen's is one of 12 sessions running across five hours of BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 06. Learn more, and book for free at https://bl.ag/meet.

#Signs #Japan #CommercialArt #Radio

Illustration of a projecting cabinet sign that incorporated Japanese scripts with the word "Radio" that dominates and provides the sign with its shape: the large R extends the left portion of the sign upwards instead of being rectangular, while the O is formed into a speaker from an old radio with the tube extending downwards, taking the shape of the sign with it.

noco｜Flower Photographer @noco3n_com@mstdn.jp

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