Thursday, October 13, 2011

Orange-colored olive trees 金木犀


Tokyo is filled with a sweet fragrance of the orange-colored olive trees. The aroma is intense and everywhere. These beautiful flowers bloom in fall in Japan, and it is one of the symbols of the autumn season. When I lived in Ashiya as a child my house was surrounded by those lovely flowers. Every fall I would pick some fallen blossoms, put them in a tin can to take it everywhere with me. Once in a while at school I open the can to smell the sweet aroma. Even in SoCal, the heaven of the beautiful flowers do not have those flowers. I am in Japan, indeed!

東京は今、金木犀の香りで包まれています。この香は強烈でそこら中に漂っています。金木犀は日本の秋の象徴のひとつでもありますね。芦屋に住んでいた子供の頃、住んでいた家は金木犀に囲まれていました。いつも秋になると私は地面に落ちた金木犀の花びらを小さな缶に入れて持ち歩いていたものです。学校でも時々こっそりと蓋を開けては、この甘い香を楽しんでいました。美しい花々の天国、南カリフォルニアにさえ存在しない金木犀。まさに日本です!

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