The brilliant blooming of rhododendron flowers in the rain heralds in spring in Ginoza Village

The brilliant blooming of rhododendron flowers in the rain heralds in spring in Ginoza Village

Rhododendron flowers bloom calmly and brilliantly in a downpour of rain on the afternoon of February 3 in Ginoza, Ginoza Village (photograph by John Matsumoto)


February 4, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo

By John Matsumoto

 

February 4 marked the start of spring, one of the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar. This is when the cold alleviates and spring begins. Due to a weather front on February 3, the Okinawa region had cloudy and rainy weather all day, and some sites even had tempestuous rainfall.

In a shrubbery next to the Ginoza Village Office, some rhododendron flowers, the village flower, have begun to bloom. The red and pink flowers were adorned with raindrops, calmly and brilliantly heralding in spring. In a speech, a spokesperson for the Ginoza Village General Affairs Department mentioned that, “Every year, [the flowers] begin to bloom around the time of the Hanshin Tigers training camp.”

According to the Okinawa Meteorological Observatory, it is likely that there will be many cloudy days and rainy days in the Okinawa region for the next week.

(English translation by T&CT and Erin Jones)

 

 

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