<![CDATA[๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ˜ŽAZALEAS๐ŸŒค๏ธ๐Ÿ™Œ]]>๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ˜ŽAZALEAS๐ŸŒค๏ธ๐Ÿ™Œ

just as wonderful
as the expensive garden stone...
azaleas
็™พไธกใฎ็Ÿณใซใ‚‚ใพใ‘ใฌใคใคใ˜ๅ“‰
-Kobayashi Issa (ๅฐๆž—ไธ€่Œถ), 1825.
Trans. David Lanoue.

Hard on the heels of the last cherry blossoms comes the ubiquitous azalea. Gaudy, dazzling and often over the top, it's one of my favourite flowers๐Ÿ˜Š

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/7c255af3-e29f-48ec-bae8-d6db2ea85ee1/azaleasRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 04:25:16 GMTTue, 21 Apr 2026 03:18:31 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ˜ŽAZALEAS๐ŸŒค๏ธ๐Ÿ™Œ on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:30:25 GMT]]>Known as 'tsutsuji' (่บ‘่บ…/ใคใคใ˜) in Japanese, azaleas were first cultivated in Japan in the Kamakura period (there are around 40 original varieties).
Their popularity really took off in Edo times, and the flowers can now be found growing in every corner of the city.

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