February 8, 2008

Jindai Botanical Garden (February 3rd)


Prunus mume (Yae-Kankou)

Today we went to Jindaiji area again. Today is Setsubun (The day before the first day of spring.) and we Japanese throw some soy beans to keep the bad luck away and wish the happiness and good luck. The Jindaiji temple also held that event so we went to get some soy beans there even though it was snowing pretty hard all day. The botanical garden looked totally different from what we saw yesterday. It was covered with snow everywhere. It was really cold but I got a couple of small bags of soy beans and also did enjoy the beautiful plum flowers with snow.

昨日に引き続き、今日もまた深大寺へ。節分の豆まきがあるとのことで雪の降る中、出かけてきました。神代植物公園にまずは立ち寄り、咲き始めた梅の花と雪景色とのコラボを写真に収めてきました。


Prunus mume (Yae-Kankou)


A scenery with snow.


Prunus mume (Touji) 「冬至」


Prunus mume (Touji) 「冬至」


Sushi roll for Setsubun. We bite and eat this looking the direction of the happiness of the year.
恵方巻、作ってみました。(鮪、かにカマ、きゅうり、三つ葉、卵焼き、干し椎茸の旨煮、かんぴょう。何となく七福神を意識して7種の具材で作りました。)結構、特大サイズです。

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