Title: Spring Rain at Matsushima (1936)

Artist: Koitsu Tsuchiya

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Suigo Sawara Ayame Park | Chiba’s Foremost Iris and Lotus Botanical Garden

Over 400 varieties of irises bloom in the park in June and over 300 kinds of lotus flowers in August. Particularly popular are the boat cruises that allow visitors to see the flowers up close.

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During WWII, a young Japanese woman took enormous risks to resist and defy her country's descent into fascism by moving to China, writing leftist essays and airing radio shows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/05/20/books/teru-hasegawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #books #teruhasegawa #esperanto #adamkuplowsky #china #chinajapanrelations #wwii #showa
A window into the mind of Esperantist and political activist Teru Hasegawa

During WWII, a young Japanese woman resisted her country's descent into fascism by writing leftist essays, now collected and translated in 'Whispers of a Storm.'

The Japan Times