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2023.05.20 Sat

自然の美　The beauty of nature

まるで宝石の翡翠のような色をしたヒスイカズラの神秘的な青い花。
フィリピン諸島（ルソン島）が原産地の熱帯植物です。

The mysterious blue flowers of the Jade Vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys) that looks like a jewel of jade.
It’s a tropical plant native to the Philippines (Luzon island).







学名：Strongylodon macrobotrys
和名：ヒスイカズラ（翡翠葛）
　目：マメ目
　科：マメ科
　属：ヒスイカズラ属

Scientific name：Strongylodon macrobotrys
English name：Jade Vine
Japanese name：Hisui-kazura
Order : Fabales
Family：Fabaceae
Genus：Strongylodon




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2023.05.05 Fri

こどもの日　Happy Children’s Day!

今日は「こどもの日」
小笠原の空には、鯉のぼりならぬクジラのぼりが泳いでいます。

May 5th is a “Children’s Day” in Japan that is to celebrate children’s happiness and healthy growth of children as well as for the year. The day was originally called “Tango no Sekku” or Boy’s Festival that was celebrated in order to wish the healthy growth of the boys in the family.
Families will raise these carp-shaped windsocks to pray for perseverance and success of their children.
Carps are a symbol of strength, courage and success in the Japanese culture because of their ability to swim upstream.

However, there are a humpback whale streamers are swimming in the sky instead of carp streamers in town.



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2023.03.11 Sat

One for All, All for One　March 11, 2011

あれから１２年・・・

2011年3月11日14時46分18.1秒

あの日を決して忘れない

決して忘れないで欲しい

黙祷

被災された全ての人に平穏な日常が戻りますように・・・


12 years have passed since that day...

March 11, 2011 14:46 18.1” JST（05:46 UTC）

I'll never forget that day.
Please don’t forget what happened on that day.

Let's give a moment of silence for the victims.

Let's pray for the peaceful daily life returning to all the survivors who have suffered from the terrible disaster.






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