{"id":67657,"date":"2025-12-22T09:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T00:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/?p=67657"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:06:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T08:06:28","slug":"2025%e5%b9%b4%e5%86%ac%e8%87%b3%e3%80%81%e5%85%89%e3%81%ae%e6%89%89%e3%81%8c%e9%96%8b%e3%81%8f%e6%99%82%e3%80%81%e4%b8%96%e7%95%8c%e3%81%b8%e5%ba%83%e3%81%8c%e3%82%8b%e3%80%8c%e4%b8%80%e9%99%bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/en\/67657\/","title":{"rendered":"On the winter solstice of 2025, when the door of light opens, prayers for the return of the sun will spread to the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, December 22, 2025<\/p>\n<p>At 12:03 a.m. on Monday, December 22nd, the sun&#039;s power is at its weakest and then revives again. We have reached a turning point in the universe known as the winter solstice.<\/p>\n<p>This day, which has been called &quot;Ichiyo Raifuku&quot; since ancient times, marks the beginning of the transition from yin to yang.<\/p>\n<p>It is truly a &quot;New Year&#039;s Day of good fortune,&quot; and a moment when a door of new light opens for our souls.<\/p>\n<p>A majestic light pours down on the pure snowy fields of Hokuryu Town. In front of this light, we take a deep, quiet breath.<\/p>\n<p>Let go of the attachments, doubts, and formless fears that have built up in your mind with a white breath into the sky, and inhale the reborn energy of the sun, filling your empty body and mind.<\/p>\n<p>This great light that can be seen from Hokuryu Town today is by no means unique to this place. <\/p>\n<p>Prayers for peace and happiness, prayed quietly, will travel on these particles of light and cross borders, spreading to the hearts of people all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>Gratitude for nature, gratitude for life, and gratitude for being able to reach this day. <\/p>\n<p>May this warm &quot;spirit of harmony&quot; serve as a compass for the new era, filling the world with peaceful light...<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.google.com\/share\/AF1QipMsfCXEGzPxk-PmQBUwjzgEAPOSUVWMhTRaTD9scGS6k3I4NLQCT3fXaIqu0Qb0cw\/photo\/AF1QipPBknd1CtmT7y-jynHsCW1fdm7TmD_9gLpzAm4?key=VG81aW1pWkFvSngzRzF0S0RDYTlJT1BMVThWNzF3\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczMzK5sIe1MNTWax2E5Ivy_n7FGYjQH56LRkMh1b1Qcx6o6rhMiDwNsGBPtqtl1C-JMpWi-DDjTqDgWJUMYKolfMCYsOhfaZvzpwaKOtPIYkqgw0Uvg8DHTh51B0IGD09Qq3wI2hGsJEYVrBEu6feEES=w2000-h1500-s-no-gm?authuser=1\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" alt=\"\u4e16\u754c\u3078\u5c4a\u3051\u308b\u5317\u7adc\u753a\u306e\u5e0c\u671b\u306e\u5149\u306e\u30e1\u30c3\u30bb\u30fc\u30b8\u306b\u611f\u8b1d\u3092\u8fbc\u3081\u3066\uff01\" class=\"size-medium\" data-no-translation=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">With gratitude for Hokuryu Town&#039;s message of hope being sent to the world!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u25c7noboru &amp; ikuko<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025\u5e7412\u670822\u65e5\uff08\u6708\uff09 12\u670822\u65e5\uff08\u6708\uff090\u664203\u5206\u3002 \u592a\u967d\u306e\u529b\u304c\u6700\u3082\u5f31\u307e\u308a\u3001\u305d\u3057\u3066\u518d\u3073\u8607\u308b\u3053\u306e\u523b\uff08\u3068\u304d\uff09\u3002\u79c1\u305f\u3061\u306f\u300c\u51ac\u81f3\u300d\u3068\u3044\u3046\u540d\u306e\u3001\u5b87\u5b99\u306e\u8ee2\u63db\u70b9\u3092\u8fce\u3048\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002 \u53e4\u6765\u3088\u308a\u300c\u4e00\u967d\u6765\u5fa9\uff08\u3044\u3061\u3088\u3046\u3089 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scene"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67657"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67761,"href":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67657\/revisions\/67761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}