{"id":73964,"date":"2026-04-30T09:36:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T00:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/?p=73964"},"modified":"2026-04-30T01:35:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:35:32","slug":"%e6%98%a5%e3%81%ae%e5%a4%a7%e5%9c%b0%e3%81%ab%e5%ba%83%e3%81%8c%e3%82%8b%e6%a1%9c%e8%89%b2%e3%81%ae%e5%90%88%e5%94%b1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/en\/73964\/","title":{"rendered":"A chorus of cherry blossoms spreads across the spring landscape."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, April 30, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Along the roadsides in the town&#039;s gardens, you&#039;ll find &quot;moss phlox,&quot; with its tiny petals resembling cherry blossoms, blooming profusely as they creep along the ground.<\/p>\n<p>A single flower is just a tiny speck. Yet, when thousands of tiny lives come together and overlap, a breathtaking carpet of pink is created.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;You&#039;re not alone. It&#039;s fun because everyone&#039;s here.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The scenery seems to be speaking to me in that way.<\/p>\n<p>Without making a loud noise, they simply and quietly, yet powerfully, take root in the spring earth and bloom to their fullest on the side of the road that everyone else passes by.<\/p>\n<p>As Hokkaido&#039;s long winter ends and the lingering effects of the melting snow remain on the soil, moss phlox is the first to announce the arrival of spring.<\/p>\n<p>In each tiny petal that has withstood the cold, I can see the land of Hokuryu Town and the hearts of its people intertwined. Individuals come together and harmonize. That is the very essence of the &quot;spirit of harmony&quot; of the people who live in this town.<\/p>\n<p>In Hokuryu Town, where people support one another and kindness is so abundant that it goes unnoticed, this cluster of moss phlox embodies the everyday life of the town.<\/p>\n<p>A cherry blossom-colored chorus that gently stops the viewer in their tracks. A small yet profound gift from Hokuryu Town in spring.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.google.com\/share\/AF1QipNJbkck0-nBFy-Gh5SLE5k6SRrx8XDao2zQxYf2y15MATMJIy8L8K7_s80OsIXLWA\/photo\/AF1QipONj6e5F7SEQsHBsyZqeGV2ZXMQ2YkaUJligqw?key=MktyeE93c1NXZ3N5WDdaZU8zd2U1RVA0bU9aT3lB\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczP_fNWjFmT5X1ab_ntTKwql5POuytpOb7gzGWrcv5S1P-vStqoG8hxL-AJj5rcvvFqsyOS92ZJCnISMvjRFCbtm9ae4Kv8u_BdYq_0ecQVhs5hi3U-Isjc1jFp66PYxLnzxzSnrlv-eWl9OZQCAHwZQ=w2000-h1500-s-no-gm?authuser=0\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" alt=\"A chorus of cherry blossoms spreads across the spring landscape.\" class=\"size-medium\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A chorus of cherry blossoms spreads across the spring landscape.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u25c7 noboru &amp; ikuko<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026\u5e744\u670830\u65e5\uff08\u6728\uff09 \u753a\u306e\u304a\u5ead\u306e\u9053\u8def\u8107\u306b\u3001\u685c\u306b\u4f3c\u305f\u5c0f\u3055\u306a\u82b1\u3073\u3089\u304c\u3001\u5730\u3092\u9019\u3046\u3088\u3046\u306b\u3057\u3066\u54b2\u304d\u8a87\u308b\u300c\u829d\u685c\u300d\u3002 \u4e00\u8f2a\u3060\u3051\u3067\u306f\u3001\u307b\u3093\u306e\u308f\u305a\u304b\u306a\u5b58\u5728\u3002\u305d\u308c\u3067\u3082\u3001\u5e7e\u5343\u3082\u306e\u5c0f\u3055\u306a\u547d\u304c\u5bc4\u308a\u6dfb\u3044\u3001\u91cd\u306a\u308a\u5408\u3046\u3053\u3068\u3067\u3001 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73964","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\/73964","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=73964"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74195,"href":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73964\/revisions\/74195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.hokuryu.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}