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mskzchkwCerasus x yedoensis 'Somei-yoshino' at Osaka Metropolitan University Botanical Gardens, Osaka, in April 2024. OM-1 + M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 Macro.<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Cerasus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cerasus</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/CerasusYedoensis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CerasusYedoensis</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/CerasusYedoensisSomeiyoshino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CerasusYedoensisSomeiyoshino</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OMUBotanicalGardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMUBotanicalGardens</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Osaka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Osaka</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OM1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OM1</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/MZuiko60mmF28Macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MZuiko60mmF28Macro</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/MicroFourThirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroFourThirds</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Photography</a>

Steve McCarty 🇯🇵Osaka is the most densely populated prefecture in Japan, and when I walk away from our house near City Hall, I soon get into a bleak industrial and residential area by the river Akutagawa (sound familiar from the literary prize?). However, as in many areas of Japan, elderly volunteers tend a long patch of greenery along the river. Limited to four photos, I cannot show the profusion of early spring flowers, but here are some scenes that show the atmosphere of colorful greenery.Incidentally, when I was in the hospital I talked in Japanese with a muscular man in his early 70s who had had a heart attack and bypass operation. Since he had a house, I assume he had a family, but the photos he showed me were of the vegetables he grows in a rented patch. Unlike younger people who only seem to want convenience, the man reminded me of the values the elderly volunteers along the river are trying to pass on. <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japan</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Osaka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Osaka</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#outdoors</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowers</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spring</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/blossoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blossoms</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photos</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a>

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