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Variegated Camellia and White Camellia (Camellia Japonica)　斑入り椿と白椿

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英語の後に日本語が続きます。 The first photo is of a white and pink variegated Japanese camellia (Camellia japonica). Pink or red Japanese camellias are o...

"Ikigai" and "Useful Life"?　「生きがい」と「耐用年数」？

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英語の後に日本語が続きます。 Have you ever heard of the term " ikigai "? Ikigai or a reason for being is a Japanese concept referring to someth...

Colorful Winter Leaves　ポップな葉っぱ

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英語の後に日本語が続きます。 Ninety nine percent of people wouldn't notice them but their color gradients from green to orange, red and purple caught ...

Liquidambar Styraciflua (American Sweetgum)　紅葉葉楓（モミジバフウ）

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英語の後に日本語が続きます。 This is a fruit of American sweetgum (liquidambar styraciflua). It's a dull brown color but caught my eye with its unique...

Japanese Camellia Meant Beheading😱 for Samurai　落椿（落ちツバキ）

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英語の後に日本語が続きます。 What do you see in the first picture? Just a camellia on the ground? That's not wrong, but samurai or members of the Jap...

Bermuda Buttercup (Oxalis Pes-Caprae)　オオキバナカタバミ（大黄花酢漿草）

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英語の後に日本語が続きます。 Because of the cloudy weather, they were all closed but it's still amazing that the plant has produced flowers at this ti...

"Save Sushi for Last" Rule

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Do you know how grown men should eat sushi?

Earwax May Mean Something to You　耳垢の話

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英語の後に日本語が続きます。(I wrote this post originally two years ago and have made changes for this publication.) Which type is your earwax, wet or dry...

Red Japanese Camellias (Camellia Japonica)　赤いツバキ（椿）

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英語の後に日本語が続きます。 A Japanese camellia tree in my neighborhood has produced one flower to another, creating the beautiful contrast between the r...

Jurojin - God of Longevity　寿老人！

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英語の後に日本語が続きます。 The stoneware and the dish are both on show at  Tokyo National Museum  and about Jurojin. Jurojin is the god of the elderly a...

Red Chokeberry (Aronia Arbutifolia)　セイヨウカマツカ/アロニア（西洋鎌柄）

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英語の後に日本語が続きます。 I'm not certain but believe they're red chokeberries. The berries have been there since autumn last year and at that ...