英語の後に日本語が続きます。
The weigela (Weigela hortensis) is native to Japan and can be found across the country, flowering generally from May to July. The pink flowers surrounded by its green leaves are so beautiful.
Despite such pretty pink color, weigela branches and stems were used in Japan to make chopsticks for a post-cremation ritual where family members pick up and transfer bone fragments from a cremation tray into an urn using such chopsticks. For that, weigela is still avoided in some areas. Wow, I've lived in Japan for many years but didn't know that.
Weigela can produce white flowers (which I've never seen) and its autumn leaves are as gorgeous as the flowers! (Scroll down!)
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タニウツギ（谷空木）です。日本原産で5月から7月に花を付けます。緑の葉に囲まれたピンクの花がとってもかわいいです。ところがです。なんとタニウツギの枝は骨上げのときに使われる箸の材料だったため、一部の地域では未だに忌み嫌われているとのこと。全く知りませんでした。
タニウツギは白い花も付けます。また紅葉も見応えがありますよ。
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