{"id":47531,"date":"2024-07-11T09:36:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T00:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/?p=47531"},"modified":"2024-07-11T13:08:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T04:08:12","slug":"%e4%bb%8a%e5%b9%b4%e3%82%82%e8%a6%8b%e4%ba%8b%e3%81%ab%e5%92%b2%e3%81%8d%e8%aa%87%e3%82%8b%e3%80%8c%e5%b9%b3%e5%92%8c%e3%81%ae%e7%a5%88%e3%82%8a%ef%bc%88%e9%a1%98%e3%81%84%ef%bc%89%e3%82%92%e3%81%93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/en\/47531\/","title":{"rendered":"This year, Ryoji Kikura's "Sunflowers", filled with prayers (wishes) for peace, are blooming magnificently once again!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday, July 11, 2024<\/p>\n

In the field to the west of the Itaya Public Housing, the "sunflowers filled with prayers (wishes) for peace" are blooming beautifully again this year.<\/p>\n

Sunflowers filled with prayers (wishes) for peace<\/h2>\n

These sunflowers have been lovingly and carefully grown by Ryoji Kikura (an honorary resident of Hokuryu Town).<\/p>\n

In this field, the seeds are planted in three separate areas with different sowing times.<\/p>\n

The baton is being passed on to the beautiful sunflowers blooming in the midsummer sun!!!<\/p>\n

With boundless love, gratitude, and prayers for the graceful and powerful sunflowers that we can enjoy to our heart's content until autumn...<\/p>\n

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With prayers (wishes) for peace, sunflowers bloom beautifully and powerfully towards the midsummer sun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ryoji Kikura grows sunflowers with love and care<\/h4>\n
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Ryoji Kikura grows sunflowers with love and care<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A bee sucking delicious nectar from a sunflower!<\/h4>\n
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A bee sucking delicious nectar from a sunflower!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The seeds are planted in three plots at different times.<\/h4>\n
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The sowing times were staggered and the plants were planted in three plots.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Makomodake<\/h2>\n

The sunflowers blooming in the former Kikura family's fields, the corn growing well, and the bamboo shoots, now in their third year of cultivation, are also growing in a mysterious way.<\/p>\n

This year marks the third year since Ryoji Kikura began cultivating Makomodake at the request of Noboru Shimizu, who lives in Chiba Prefecture.<\/p>\n

Makomo is a sacred herb used in the Suzumidono Festival, a Makomo ritual held at Izumo Taisha Shrine every June.<\/p>\n

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Rapidly growing bamboo shoots<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With gratitude to the sacred Makomodake bamboo, inhabited by gods...<\/p>\n

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With gratitude to the god-dwelling bamboo...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With great love, gratitude and prayers to the graceful sunflowers that pray for peace, the corn that embodies vitality and power, and the sacred and god-infused bamboo plant that dwells within, praying for good health and a bountiful harvest...<\/p>\n

Other photos<\/h2>\n
Photos (72 photos) of sunflowers and bamboo shoots (cultivated by Ryoji Kikura) are here >><\/a><\/div>\n

Related articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\u3000<\/p>\n

\u25c7 Interview and text: Ikuko Terauchi (Photography and editing assistance: Noboru Terauchi)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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