Camellia Tea Ceremony18h ago

🌸💦PETAL RAFTS🛶🩷

Towards the middle of April parts of the canal beside the Philosopher's Path (哲学の道) become a river of petals.
The phrases 'hana-no-ukibashi' (花の浮橋 'floating bridge of flowers') and 'hanaikada' (花筏 'flower raft') both describe water thick with petals.

#哲学の道 #京都

Show threadCamellia Tea Ceremony17h ago

Oh to be boating on a river of pink...🌸🌸🛶🥰🌸🌸

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #木屋町 #Kiyamachi #sakura #桜 #cherryblossoms #blossoms #kyotoscenes

Show threadCamellia Tea Ceremony14h ago

The great petal shedding begins🌸🤗✨

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #木屋町 #Kiyamachi #sakura #桜 #cherryblossoms #blossoms #kyotoscenes

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Once connecting the heart of Kyōto to the port of Fushimi, the Takase-gawa (高瀬川) was excavated by Suminokura Ryoi (角倉了以) between 1608-11.
Originally rising beside Suminokura's residence on Kiyamachi-Nijō, at one time the canal stretched all the way to Jujō (十条通).
#Kyoto #高瀬川 #sakura
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Show threadCamellia Tea Ceremony13h ago

Up to 100 flat-bottomed boats, known as Takasebune (高瀬舟), could use the 11km route at one time.

From the moment it opened, the Takase-gawa (高瀬川) was extremely popular, even featuring in guide books of the time.

#Kiyamachi #木屋町 #Takasegawa #高瀬川 #Kyoto #京都 #sakura

Show threadCamellia Tea Ceremony13h ago
Commodity dealers built storehouses about the 9 registered boat launches (the 1st, Ichino Funairi 一之船入, is preserved), creating neighbourhoods such as Kiyamachi (木屋町 Lumber Yard Town), Kamiyamachi (紙屋町 Paper Dealers' Town) and Ishiyamachi (石屋町 Stonemasons' Town).
#京都
Show threadCamellia Tea Ceremony12h ago

just touching
the cherry blossom petals
brings tears
花びらがさわつても出る涙哉
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1810.
Trans. David G. Lanoue.

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #sakura #桜 #cherryblossoms #blossoms #木屋町 #Kiyamachi #高瀬川 #Takasegawa #haiku

Show threadArmin Hanisch8h ago
@camelliakyoto Wonderful, but also melancholic. Here in The eastern part of Bavaria the buds are just starting to open due to a longer winter. Two years ago the petals were already falling on the old Hitachi site when I wrote this post: https://www.arminhanisch.de/2024/03/forgotten-sakura-en/
I do hope I got the explanation of „mono no aware“ not totally wrong.
Forgotten Sakura 🇬🇧

The forgotten cherry blossoms of HISEE A milestone birthday is always a time to pause for thought. My birthday is on March 27. Many people have, from Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen to Quentin Tarantino, so this is nothing special in terms of the calendar, but this date at the beginning of spring has a special meaning. March 27 is “さくらの日”, the Sakura Day celebrating the annual cherry blossom (桜桜). This period of blooming cherry trees from around mid-March to the end of April has a very special cultural significance in Japan.