Today we finally had a cherry blossom viewing party. All of our relatives gathered in the garden of Kishibe Kindergarten in Shibuya, and we brought out and lined up all the photos of our deceased loved ones. Our old dog Anya, who is now 13 years old and can barely move, was relaxing in the sunshine. There are only a few more springs to spend with you, and I can see the mountain cherry blossoms blooming quietly.
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Cherry Blossoms
When I walk through the city after the rain, the cherry blossoms are already in leaf. At this age, I wonder how many more times I will be able to see the cherry blossoms. Perhaps because of this, I feel like I understand the beauty of cherry blossoms in leaf more than before. However, when I flip through a seasonal book with haiku about cherry blossoms in leaf, I come across the following: A tea shop completely idle with cherry blossoms in leaf Inui Kondo A tea shop completely idle with cherry blossoms in leaf Someday, people will be relaxing by the river...
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The headache that had been bothering me for a while finally started to feel mild. I took 300mg x 1 of acetaminophen and lay down in an empty house. The spring rain that had been falling lightly when I went to sleep had suddenly turned into a heavy downpour beating hard against the window. With this rain, the cherry blossoms in full bloom would fall...
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I cut my hair on Sunday evening. I cut it quite short. So many people today said to me, "You look so fresh!" When a man cuts his hair, it's easy to talk about it casually, but when a woman cuts her long hair, I wonder if it's even okay to talk about it...
Further display As if cutting off the pastSnow on Koromine
The silent bell of Iaiji Temple rings out in the misty forest at dawn. The silent bell of Iaiji Temple echoes through the misty forest at dawn. "I lift the blinds to look at the snow on Koromine Mountain." This is a passage from The Pillow Book. In this famous scene, Empress Sadako asks, "How is the snow on Koromine Mountain?" and Sei Shonagon lifts the blinds. The snow is falling very heavily...
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Your back, as I see you off, melts into the crowd on this spring evening. You, clad in the time of Guéran, are already in the sadness of the spring evening wind. You stand still with the label of a wine that has been in existence for thirty years in your heart.
Further display Your back as I see you offhappy New Year
I leave the bucket of flowers that the visitor loves in the pure white snow at dawn. Hmm, but I've been bedridden for the past three days and couldn't go to Millenario. It's the last one for this year. I might still be able to make it if I go, but I'm finally starting to breathe normally, so if I go now, I'll be digging my own grave. I'll give up. Too bad...
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The twenty years of illness are slowly melting away, and it's already the end of the year. Time flies. Looking back, the first time I went to the cancer center was on March 20th when I was 3 years old, so it's been almost 24 years since I fell ill. By the way, Tokyo Millenario is on hiatus this year...
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Kumano Road
The deep lapis lazuli color of the Kumano road. Night falls on the quiet Ise Sanzan mountains.
Further display Kumano RoadMist rises
The sound of cutting down German cypresses echoes through the misty forest of Zeus.
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