Tsuyu is here.
―After the rain―
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A song of love is a sad song.
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lili, Hi-lo.
A song of love is a song of woe,
Don't ask me how I know.
A song of love is a sad song,
For I have loved and it's so,
I sit at the window and watch the rain
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lili, Hi-lo.
Tomorrow I'll probably love again
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lili, Hi-lo.
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June is the rainy season in Japan.
June is also called "Minazuki",
which means "Month of no
water".
"No water?" Yes, the month of no
water. Because down here, to the earth, God
sends as much water as possible to grow rice,
and He Himself has No water left in the Heaven.
So we must thank for the blessing
of rain.
In the rice fields, farmers are
busy planting
young rice shoots. These water
fields are
so beautiful. It is Japan itself.
This month, I would like you to see Tsuyu (rainy season) of Japan. |
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Ta-ue
Ta = water field
ue=planting
Mino & Kasa
Mino=straw rain-coat
Kasa=hat |
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Hana-shoubu
Iris |
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Kasa
Paper Umbrella |
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Ama-geta
Geta for rainy days |
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Tana-da
Rice fields on the hillside |
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Ama-gaeru
Rain frog on Iris |
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Hotaru
Fireflies are active. |
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Tsuyu-kusa
Dew-drop grass |
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Suisha
Water-wheels are lifting water from the stream
into rice fields |
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Taizan-boku
Magnolia grandiflora as big as child's head |
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Niji
Rainbow over Yoyokaku Garden
Photo by Mr. Misao Komatsu, our
guest.
March, 2003 |
I don't know how but I have long memorized
a wrong verse of Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo.
I was singing like this.
I sit at the window and watch the rain,
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lili, Hi-lo,
Tomorrow I'll probably have a rainbow,
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo.
This mistaken song has always encouraged
me in my rainy days.
I like rain, gentle or heavy, as long as
it doesn't cause flood.
In the humid air, I feel I can breathe more
easily.
It might be so because I was born in June.
I wish ME a happy birthday, and
I wish YOU
a rainbow after your rainy days!
Bye ! |
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