Original landscape in Japan
The original landscape is the original scenery behind the person’s heart. It is often accompanied by feelings of nostalgia. Also, it may be a mental scenery rather than being a real landscape. And it may have a big influence on the way people think and feel of things.
Among the Japanese calendar, there are original scenery common to Japanese.
I will introduce it along with the kanji of the calendar.
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[mutsuki] January |
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| January is the beginning of a year, sunrise and Mt. Fuji is often expressed.
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[kisaragi] Frbrusry |
| It is a snowy period, a snow dome named “kamakura” in the Tohoku region comes to mind.
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[yayoi] March |
| March 3 is a girl ‘s event called “Hinamatsuri”. It is common to decorate “Hina doll”and celebrate .
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[utsuki] April |
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| It is the season of cherry blossoms. Japanese take a walk while watching the cherry blossoms, and at night and on holiday they party under the cherry blossoms.
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[satsuki] May |
| There is a day for boys, decorate armor helmets and raise carp streamers.
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[minatsuki] June |
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| It is a rainy season. Hydrangea is impressive at this time.
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[humitsuki] July |
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| It is summer when the rainy season ends. Summer has fireworks festival everywhere in Japan. Fireworks are a summer tradition of Japan.
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[hatsuki] August |
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| It’s time for the mountains to be deep green. This time is the ancestor memorial service.Many Japanese people stay at home town.
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[nagatsuki] September |
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| It is time to harvest Japanese staple food rice. Harvest festival is held everywhere in Japan from long ago.
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[kannnatsuki] October |
| It is time for autumn to deepen. A beautiful red colored leaves can be seen in Japan.
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[simotsuki] November |
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| Leaves are withered before winter, the light of the day weakens, it is a lonely time.
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[siwasu] Decenber |
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| It is a lively and gorgeous season at the end of the year. Illumination is impressive in urban areas.
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