Thank you for choosing our tour of the eastern garden of the imperial palace on the 26th of September. We welcomed thirteen guests from Mexico, Germany, Canada, Australia, Italy, and Austria. I hope all of you enjoyed and shared interesting conversations with us during the tour. As promised, group photos and snapshots are attached to remember the fun time we had.
We experienced quite a long summer with scorching heat this year. We had been looking forward to fall and pleasant weather. Finally, the temperature began to drop last week, ushering in a nice autumn. We have a proverb, “Ten takaku, uma koyuru aki”, which literally means ” Autumn with the sky clear and blue, and horses growing stout”. And another one is “shokuyoku no aki“, meaning “Autumn with a big appetite”. We have bountiful harvest in autumn, including rice, sweet potatoes, “matutake” mushrooms, persimmons, pears, and “kuri” chestnuts. Those vegetables and fruits are scrumptious in fall. On the other hand, red colored leaves are absolutely stunning in autumn. That season usually starts in northern Japan. In Mt. Daisetuzan in Hokkaido, the leaves have already started to turn red.
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(Posted by Ritsuko)