NaNaKusa-Gayu's Day

Today is Nanakusa-gayu's Day.
Nana-kusa gayu is rice porridge that contains seven types of wild grass.
These are what is called the spring of berbs.
Herbs of spring : Seri, Nazuna, Gogyo, Hakobera, Hotokenoza, Suzuna, Suzushiro
I'll discuss each.

＊Seri

     Scientific name of Seri is Oenanthe javanica (Blume) DC. and called water dropwort in English.    It grows in damp places, such as swamps and footpath.     It has a unique flavor.
This is sold in supermarkets in January in Japan.

＊Nazuna

     Scientific name of Nazuna is Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.  and called Shepherd's Purse in English.   It grows in dilapidated location.  
    In Japan, it is said to work in antipyretic and abdominal pain and hemostasis, it has been used as a folk medicine.  

＊Gogyo

     Scientific name of Gogyo is Gnaphalium affine D. Don  and called Cudweed in English.    It grows in the beaten track of roadside and paddy in winter.
     The tea made from the leaves and it is said to work in the internal organs and cough.

＊Hakobera

      Scientific name of Hakobera is Stellaria media  and called chickweed in English.     It grows in the beaten track, lowland and grassland and it creates a dense community.

＊Hotokenoza

     Scientific name of Hotokenoza is Lapsana apogonoides Maxim.   and called Nipplewort in English.    It grows in damp places, such as swamps and footpath.
      This plant is called Koonitabirako now in Japan.     There is a plant that is the other referred to as Hotokenoza.   But you cannot eat it because it plants with a poison.  
   

＊Suzuna

     Scientific name of Suzuna is Brassica rapa L. var. rapa   and called Turnip in English.     It is artificially grown in the field.   It can be grown even in poor areas of nutrition on the ground.

＊Suzushiro

     Scientiic  name of Suzushiro is Raphanus sativus L. var.  and called Radish in English.    It is artificially grown in the field.   Radish is an herb that there is detoxification and blood clot prevention action.













Let's eat Nanakusa-gayu and spent a health year!!!!

Happy New Year!

The five days passed become a 2015!
I cannot go to Hatsumoude because it was Motyu.
((Hatsumoude is that for the first time a new year to go to the shrine.))
((Motyu is that of the period in which mourning from relatives died.))

So...
I tried to become a mood that was performed
              by examining the Hatsumoude spot of Japan!

＊Syogan-ji(證願寺)
 This temple has a planetarium!!Wow! Very rare facility!

In 1996, it got a prototype of planetarium projector from Pentax.
The planetarium theater named "Ginga-za"(Ginga-za HP).
You can listen to commentary easy to understand
   about Buddhism, the stars and the universe.
(This temple is in Katsushika-ku, Tokyo.)

＊Mama-kannnonn(間々観音)
This temple is called Mama-kannnonn, but real name is Ryuon-ji(龍音寺).
The temple is also known as the tits temple.

With hope in this temple,
  it is said that the tits is blessed with increased and breast milk.
Girls, couples and pregnant women visit here well.
(This temple is in Komaki-shi, Aichi.)

＊Namba-Yasaka-jinja(難波八阪神社)
This shrine is famous of the stage in the shape of a large lion head called "Shishi-butai".
Lion head of the height of 12m is greet us.

It is said to that this big mouth lead to victory.
So, many people visit here for academic improvement and employment prayer.
(This shrine is in Namba, Osaka.)(Namba-yasaka-jinja HP)

Did you find the shrine to be interested?:)

My grand mother

I played with grand mother well in childhood.
I would love to gentle grand mother.














My parents is a two-income.
So I was asked to make a meal to grand mother.
So I was asked to come to pick to grand mother to kindergarten.

Such grand mother I loved died on December 27, 2014.
It was after two hours that I was greeted to grandmother back to home.
She surely waiting for my return.
I can't stop the tears. I'm really really sad.

I swore that
  I must be more important the time with family, friends, and lover.