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English translation

夏の花 ひまわり満開を楽しみました Enjoying the summer flowers: sunflowers in full bloom

夏の花の代表といえば

ヒマワリです。

Sunflowers are the representative summer flower.

子供を連れてひまわり畑に行ってきました。

I went to the sunflower field with my children.

桜ヶ池クアガーデン Sakuragaike Kur Garden

見に行った場所は南砺市にある

桜ヶ池クアガーデンです。

The place I went to see it was Sakuragaike Kur Garden in Nanto City.

こちらは宿泊施設やレストラン、温泉があります。

There are lodging facilities, restaurants, and hot springs here.

近くに公園やボルダリングのできる施設もあります。

There are also parks and bouldering facilities nearby.

子供連れでも1日がかりで遊びに来ることができます。

Even if you bring your children, you can come and visit us for a whole day.

ひまわり畑すばらしい The sunflower field is amazing

お目当てのひまわり畑はホテルの裏にありました。

The sunflower field we were looking for was located behind the hotel.

結構広いひまわり畑です。

It’s a pretty large sunflower field.

かなり背の高いひまわりが数えきれないほど咲いています。

Countless tall sunflowers are in bloom.

あまり興味なかったのですが、感動しました。

I wasn’t that interested, but I was impressed.

子供も楽しんでいました。

The children also enjoyed it.

ひまわり畑の中は迷路になっていて

ひまわり畑の中を探検することができます。

There is a maze inside the sunflower field that you can explore.

ところどころ行き止まりがありますが、絶好の写真ポイントです。

There are dead ends here and there, but it’s a great photo spot.

また、写真撮影用にステージが組まれています。

There is also a stage set up for photo taking.

そちらからの写真もいい感じで取れます。

You can also take good photos from there.

見頃はお盆ぐらいまでとのことですので

ちょうどいいタイミングでした。

The best time to see them is around Obon(mid-August), so the timing was perfect.

生き方はGoogle Mapでお願いします。 Please use Google Maps to find out how to live.

住所はこちら。

Click here for the address.

富山県南砺市立野原東1514

1514 Tatenohara Higashi, Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture

北陸自動車道の城端SAから徒歩一分で行けます。

It is a 1-minute walk from Johana SA on the Hokuriku Expressway.

下道から行くときは福光ICをまず目指して

そこから8分ほどで着きます。

When going from the lower road, first aim for Fukumitsu IC and get there in about 8 minutes.

詳しくは桜ヶ池クアガーデンのホームページを

確認してください。

For more information, please check the Sakuragaike Kur Garden homepage.

リンクを下の方に貼っておきます。

I’ll paste the link below.

ここおすすめです。

I recommend this place.

桜ヶ池クアガーデンHP↓

Sakuragaike Kur Garden HP↓

https://sakuragaike.co.jp/

Memo: Surprisingly sunflower

Sunflowers came to Japan around the Edo period.

The country of origin is North America. Sunflowers came to Japan via North America, Europe, and China.

I looked into sunflowers.

Edible at first! ?

When you watch baseball broadcasts, players can be seen eating sunflower seeds.

Sunflowers have been cultivated for food in North America since ancient times.

It dates back to the time of the Native Americans who originally lived in America.

It seems that it was eaten in a variety of ways, such as eating it as is, frying or mixing it with other things, or crushing it to make bread dough.

I was surprised because I didn’t know that it had been eaten for a long time.

If you try to eat sunflower seeds in Japan these days, most of them are imported.

Regarding the fact that sunflowers face the sun

Sunflowers bloom facing the sun. It’s a famous story.

In fact, fully opened flowers do not face the sun.

This is due to stem growth.

The reason they face the sun is because the stems that are not exposed to the sun grow faster than the stems that are exposed to the sun.

This gives the appearance that the flowers are chasing the sun.

Fully opened flowers do not grow stems, so they do not follow the sun.

It’s an interesting flower.

Japanese folk beliefs

There are popular beliefs depending on the region.

For example, you should not plant sunflowers at home, you will not prosper if you plant sunflowers, and you will become poor if you plant sunflowers.

It seems to be a tradition in Osaka, Nara, Fukuoka, Nagano, Akita, etc.

We don’t know why. This may be because there are elements in Japanese that are disliked.

Sunflower is called “Himawari” in Japanese.

“Hi” means the sun and “mawari” means rotating.

Its name also comes from the fact that it rotates toward the sun in Japanese.

However, “Himawari” can have different meanings.

There are two theories.

One theory is that Hi'' means fire andmawari” means to spread, which causes a fire, while Hi'' means time, andmawari” means time passes, meaning that time passes.

I think this kind of folk belief exists because people in the past valued the power that resides in words and letters.

This is also quite interesting.