{"id":1875,"date":"2012-05-03T14:06:51","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T14:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=1875"},"modified":"2012-05-15T14:08:54","modified_gmt":"2012-05-15T14:08:54","slug":"spring-has-sprung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/spring-has-sprung\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring has sprung"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1948\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/05\/spring-1.jpg\" aria-label=\"Spring 1 150x150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1948\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1948\"  alt=\"Cherry Blossoms\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/05\/spring-1-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the first blossoms of this season<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As Yuki indicated, the seasons have finally changed. Japan saw a colder than average \u51ac (\u3075\u3086\/winter) this year, with \u96ea(\u3086\u304d\/snow) falling in areas that don&#8217;t often see it. \u6771\u4eac (\u3068\u3046\u304d\u3087\u3046\/Tokyo) got more snow than it has seen in years! Now though, \u6625 (\u306f\u308b\/Spring) has arrived and the people are rushing outdoors to enjoy the weather.<\/p>\n<p>In \u9e7f\u5150\u5cf6 (\u304b\u3054\u3057\u307e\/Kagoshima), where I live in \u65e5\u672c\u306e\u5357 (\u306b\u307b\u3093\u306e\u307f\u306a\u307f\/southern Japan, the last of the \u685c (\u3055\u304f\u3089\/cherry blossoms) are falling, and the \u82b1\u898b (\u306f\u306a\u307f\/cherry blossom viewing parties) are over. The nature of \u65e5\u672c (Japan&#8217;s) location and temperate climate means that \u5357 (\u307f\u306a\u307f\/the south) warms up earlier than \u5317(\u304d\u305f\/the north), and this means \u685c open earlier in \u5357 as a result. For example, while the \u685c are finished in this area, they have not even begun to open in the most northern areas. This is why forecasts of the \u685c\u524d\u7dda (\u3055\u304f\u3089\u305c\u3093\u305b\u3093\/cherry blossom front), as mentioned by Yuki are popular in Japan. The forecasts allows people to plan their few days off accordingly. Planning ahead seems to be a national pastime here.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1947\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/05\/spring-2.jpg\" aria-label=\"Spring 2 150x150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1947\" class=\" wp-image-1947\"  alt=\"Willemina standing in fallen blossoms\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/05\/spring-2-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Willemina standing on a carpet of fallen blossoms<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Most are sad to see the \u685c gone, but I find this time to be the most beautiful. The mix of \u65b0\u7dd1 (\u3057\u3093\u308a\u3087\u304f\/new green leaves) and the last \u685c really puts a smile on my face. The greenness of the leaves is so powerful that it kicks me out of \u51ac mode and makes me want to get out under the \u6728 (\u304d\/trees). It&#8217;s important to enjoy this time, because soon the \u6885\u96e8(\u3064\u3086\/rainy season) will start in \u4e94\u6708\u672b(\u3054\u304c\u3064\u307e\u3064\/late May), followed by the intense heat and humidity of \u590f(\u306a\u3064\/Summer).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/05\/spring-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cherry Blossoms\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>As Yuki indicated, the seasons have finally changed. Japan saw a colder than average \u51ac (\u3075\u3086\/winter) this year, with \u96ea(\u3086\u304d\/snow) falling in areas that don&#8217;t often see it. \u6771\u4eac (\u3068\u3046\u304d\u3087\u3046\/Tokyo) got more snow than it has seen in years! Now though, \u6625 (\u306f\u308b\/Spring) has arrived and the people are rushing outdoors to enjoy the weather&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/spring-has-sprung\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":1948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1875","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1875"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1954,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875\/revisions\/1954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}