今日は節分。

恵方巻や煎り大豆の準備はお済でしょうか？

そろそろ籾山八幡社の福寿草が咲いたような気がしたので、行ってみました。

遠くから見ると咲いていないように思いましたが、近くまで行って見てみると枯葉の間から可愛い小さな花が顔を出してくれていました。

いっぱい幸せの種を蒔いて、世界中に福寿草のような美しい笑顔がたくさん咲きますように。

古くから福を招く植物として愛され、「幸せを招く・永久の幸福」などの花言葉がある福寿草。

炭酸泉(炭酸水素塩泉)で有名な長湯温泉にある籾山八幡社では、毎年2月～3月にかけて福寿草が咲きます。

温泉と可愛い福寿草で、心も身体も癒される旅へ。

籾山八幡社: 大分県竹田市直入町長湯8352


Today is Setsubun.

Have you prepared ehoumaki (rolls for blessing) and roasted soybeans?

I felt like the Fukujuso flowers at the Hachiman Shrine were about to bloom, so I went there.

From a distance, I thought it was not in bloom, but when I went closer to see it, I found cute little flowers peeking out from among the dry leaves.

May we sow many seeds of happiness and may many beautiful smiles like Fukujuso bloom all over the world.

Fukujuso has long been loved as a plant that brings good fortune, and its flower language includes such phrases as "inviting happiness" and "eternal happiness.

Fukujuso blooms from February to March every year at Mokmiyama Shrine, located in Nagayu Hot Springs, famous for its carbonic acid spring.

Come on a trip to Nagayu Onsen and enjoy the lovely Fukujuso flowers and be healed both physically and mentally.

8352 Nagayu, Naoirimachi, Taketa City, Oita Prefecture

Photographs & Text by Kosuke Goto