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Originally the spring equinox was taken up by a Shintō festival called 'Shunki kōrei-sai' (春季皇霊祭), created in 1878 and centered around imperial ancestor worship.

In 1948 this was repackaged as a day for admiring nature and all living things.
#Kyoto #Japan #Nara #sakura #桜

A train passes by a field of rapeseed flowers.

A gorgeous yellow sweet inspired by rapeseed flowers.

Green and yellow kinton sweets inspired by rapeseed flowers.

Cherry blossoms reach over an embankment of rapeseed flowers.

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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · 7 hours ago

In the past 'Higan-no-Nakaba' (彼岸の半ば 'Middle of the Equinoctial Week') was a time for visiting graves to honour ancestors. It was also a time for spring cleaning and for making important changes (such as beginning a new hobby or finishing an important project).
#Kyoto #Japan

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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 8 hours ago

🌤️🌸SPRING EQUINOX🐣🐇

Happy 'Shunbun-no-hi' (春分の日)🥳🌞

a straight line
all the way to Kyōto...
umbrella-hatted blossom viewers
京迄は一筋道ぞ花見笠
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1822.
Transl. David G. Lanoue.

'Vernal Equinox Day' has been a national holiday since 1948.
#Kyoto #Japan

Dried sweets for tea ceremony inspired by mejiro (a green bird) and bracken shoots.

Nao-san and Aya-san boating in kimono on 'Heron Pond'.

Ohagi, a sweet of sticky rice caked in bean jam, is popularly eaten at the equinoxes.

Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · 7 hours ago

Originally the spring equinox was taken up by a Shintō festival called 'Shunki kōrei-sai' (春季皇霊祭), created in 1878 and centered around imperial ancestor worship.

In 1948 this was repackaged as a day for admiring nature and all living things.
#Kyoto #Japan #Nara #sakura #桜

Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 8 hours ago

🌤️🌸SPRING EQUINOX🐣🐇

Happy 'Shunbun-no-hi' (春分の日)🥳🌞

a straight line
all the way to Kyōto...
umbrella-hatted blossom viewers
京迄は一筋道ぞ花見笠
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1822.
Transl. David G. Lanoue.

'Vernal Equinox Day' has been a national holiday since 1948.
#Kyoto #Japan

Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 2 days ago

🌸HANAMI🧺

gate's cherry tree
all this flit-flit flitting
is work!
門桜ちらちら散るが仕事哉
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶).
Tr. David G. Lanoue.

With cherry blossoms already blooming in Gifu, Kōchi and Kōfu, it looks like sakura season will be starting slightly earlier in Kyōto this year.

#京都 #Kyoto

Aya-san admiring the blossoms just outside Kofuku-ji.

Nao-san admires the blossoms in Nara Park.

Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · yesterday

'Hanami' (花見), literally 'flower viewing', nowadays mostly refers to the enjoyment of sakura.
People gather to drink and eat beneath the cherry blossoms, either during the day or for evening light-up events known as 'yozakura' (夜桜 'night sakura').

#Japan #hanami