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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

last week

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

last week

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

last week

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

Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social

last week

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