春を告げる花です。雪国では雪解けの下から花を咲かせる姿が印象的ですが、東京でも枯葉や霜柱の中から黄色い黄色い花がのぞかせると心が躍ります。

Far East Amur adonis (Fukujyuso in Japanese), a flower which tells us spring is coming.In snow area, it is impressive a yellow small flower comes from under the white snow. Even in Tokyo, I am excited to watch it from fallen leaves or frost colums.

Adonis ramosa/ Far East Amur adonis/ フクジュソウ

Date, 撮影日 14.01.2018

Place, 撮影場所：Inokashira park, Tokyo 井の頭公園

At breakfast of 7^th of January, I eat Nanakusagayu, Seven herb rice porridge. It is a Japanese custom with ancestors’ wisdom for resting our stomach which can be tired from the feasting and drinking of New-year’s holidays and replenishing nutrient and vitamin by young herbs in cold winter.

今日は７日、七草粥を頂きます。お正月のご馳走で疲れた胃袋を癒し、野菜不足になりがちな寒中に、新鮮なビタミンと栄養を優しいお粥で頂くのは先人の知恵です。

Seven herbs or vegetables are seri (water dropwort), nazua (shepherd’s purse), gogyo(cudweed), hakobera(chickweed), hotokenoza(henbit), suzuna (turnip) and suzusiro (daikon radish).

春の七草、せり、なずな、ごぎょう、はこべら、ほとけのざ、すずな（蕪）、すずしろ（大根）。