Summer in Japan is brutal. Which is probably why there are so many delightful distractions to trick you into thinking it's a season worth celebrating. The Japanese spring is famously associated with cherry blossoms, but summer has its own time-honored symbols as well -- many, in fact. A lot of them are things that make you feel physically cooler, or somehow trigger the illusion of coolness.
My particularly favorite symbols of summer are:
1. goldfish, 2. 祭り＠赤坂, 3. 金魚, 4. kingyo with cherry flower
- kingyo = goldfish
- fuurin = windchime
1. *, 2. kakigoori is sooooo goood!
- kakigori = shaved ice
1. *Midsummer Night's Dream, 2. 線香花火
- hanabi = fireworks
1. A night of lanterns, 2. Cool Yukata Guys on Omotesando, 3. YUKATA, 4. Untitled
- yukata = summer kimono
We may look like we're enjoying our yukatas, but really we are on the verge of keeling over with heatstroke. Not really the most appropriate attire for 100-degree weather. Cute though.
2 comments:
Aw, love the pic of you in your kimonos!
this brought me back to japan. how i long to go back! :)
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