Here we collect articles about Japanese culture, origin of certain menus or customs that do not fit directly into certain other categories
Now it's here again, the time of momijigari - when the Japanese chase the truly incomparably beautiful autumn color of the Japanese maple (紅葉 momiji = red autumn leaves, 狩り kari = chase).
Since we now also have a beautiful collection of special Japanese maple trees on our sansaro summer terrace here's a little look across the pond to Japan.
In the sound of the Gion Shōja bells resounds the impermanence of all things.
The color of the sala flower reveals that the successful must fall.
The cocky ones do not last, they are like the dream on a spring night.
The mighty fall last, they are like dust before the wind.
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