Yesterday, August 7 was the risshu that the first day
of autumn opening, shows the hottest day on the Japanese traditional calendar.
When I feel an autumn sign, I always remember this
tanka.
Akikonuto
menihasayakani mienedomo kazenootonizo odorokasarenuru
One phrase of a
famous 31-syllable Japanese poem from Kokinnwakasyu、古今和歌集(published
in 905)by Hujiwara no Toshiyuki.
About an English
meaning
Though I did not
see it to eyes clearly, I couldn't help noticing, "autumn came." by a
sound of the wind suddenly
日本語解釈
秋が来たと、目にははっきり見えないけれども、風の音で、はっと気づかずにはいられなかった
More information
please see Liqiu , Kokinwakasyu on the wikipedia.
Pampas grass and cosmos
Many Japanese feel sorrow in cosmos floral and are sung in a famous popular song.
And, the Japanese
Islands are a season visited by a typhoon approximately every month from August
to October.