Lespedeza (Bush Clover) 萩（ハギ）

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

These pink flowers are lespedeza or more commonly known as bush clovers. The flowers and leaves were shaking in the late summer or early autumn wind.

In September last year, I went to Mukojima Hykkaen Garden in Tokyo, enjoying a beautiful lespedeza tunnel. I decided to come again then, expecting the Covid-19 situation to get better in a year. But obviously I was wrong. Japan is still under the state of emergency, deciding to extend it until at least the end of September. The healthcare system has collapsed, leaving many Covid-19 patients at home with no treatment. If I caught Covid-19 and had pneumonia now, I would be abandoned at home.  

Some say that Japanese politicians lack leadership to tackle the situation, but that's wrong. Japanese politicians, for example a former prime minister Shinzo Abe, exercise "leadership" to get away with wrongdoings. In the financial scandal over a state-owned land sale of more than seven million dollars, Abe exercised strong "leadership(?)" by making government officials tamper with official documents (which led to a suicide of one of them). And what troubles me most is that this is Japanese people's fault, i.e., they choose such politicians themselves. I love this country, but sometimes I hate people's naivety.  

Lespedeza 萩

Bush clovers ハギ

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萩です。去年は向島百花園で萩のトンネルを楽しみました。その時また来年来ようなんて思っていたのですが甘かった！緊急事態宣言、延長されるそうです。今コロナになって肺炎を発症しても入院できないというのは怖いです。

日本の政治家にはコロナに対応するだけのリーダーシップがないという人がいます。でもそうでしょうか。だって自分の不祥事で官僚を動かさなければならないときは素晴らしい「リーダーシップ（？）」を発揮するでしょ（例：森友問題）。でも一番嫌なのはそういう政治家を選んでいるのは日本国民だということ。未だに現状を変えようとしない日本人の「甘さ」に絶望しているのは私だけでしょうか。

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