Comme ça du Japon

Photo: Leon & Mae
License: Creative Commons
This is your 16th french stereo trip for Japan ! Your destination is 佐原の大祭 (SaWara No TaiSai) “the Great Festival of Sawara”. The singularity of this festival lead to the attribution of the title of 国指定重要無形民俗文化財 (Kuni ShiTei JûYô MuKei MinZoku BunKaZai) “national important cultural heritage”. This podcast invites you to experience the Great Festival of Sawara.

The picture displayed with this article represents a map of 桜前線 (Sakura ZenSen) “the Sakura front”. These lines show the dates on which 桜 (Sakura) “the japanese cherry trees” are expected to bloom for a given region. du Japon. I took this picture on a サービスエリア (Sa-BiSu ERiA) “service area”. The explanation next to the map says that a cherry tree has been planted every 30 kilometers on 高速道路 (KôSokuDôRo) “the highways” du pays. Next time, I will have to check if there is a cherry tree at the second stop of 高速バス (KôSoku BaSu) “the highway bus” going from Hachinohe to Sendai. “bus autoroutier”.

According to this map, the cherry trees in 仙台 (SenDai) “Sendai” should bloom around the 10th of april. However if the cold weather continues, it will be later. Right now, there is a very strong wind and it is colder than Stockholm !

I went to see a japanese 花火 (HanaBi) “firework (flower + fire)”. This is truly 仰天させる (GyôTen SaSeRu) “amazing”.