"Hana Kaido" on Chuo-dori, which is colored with seasonal flowers. I think there are many people who know it.
From Kyobashi to Nihonbashi and Muromachi, flower beds continue casually near the sidewalk.
This spring, colorful pansies entertain the eyes of those who come and go and relax their hearts.
"Hana Kaido" started in December 2002 as a one-year social experiment commemorating the 400th anniversary of the opening of Edo, and began in December 2002.
After that, with the support of the “Nihonbashi Preservation Society” and “Nihonbashi Regional Renaissance 100-Year Planning Committee”, the “Nihonbashi Regional Renaissance 100-Year Planning Committee”.
Co-hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's Tokyo National Highway Office, the NPO "Hana Kaido" is a water magistrate (watering flower beds and cleaning sidewalks by volunteers of town council members along the local road) and a flower magistrate (four times a year, seasonal flowers) It is implemented with the cooperation of people, companies and organizations that provide the cost of blooming, and town associations, shopping associations, and regional revitalization organizations.
Tokiwa Elementary School children also played a role in beautification of Chuo-dori through flower bed planting experience as a local volunteer. Until last year, Chuo-dori was colored with red common sage in summer and French gold flowers in autumn.
If you look closely at the flowerbed, there are small panels with the names of the companies and organizations that have become flower magistrates and water magistrates, and the town council to which the flowerbed belongs.
On the panel, there is another kanji idiom of "twenty-four season old calendar" such as spring, spring equinox, autumn equinox, summer solstice, and "72 weather" that informs seasonal weather movements and changes in flora and fauna. It is written, and its reading and meaning are written, which is very helpful as a idiom for the season.
I was able to see people from the Edo period living while accepting nature while feeling the season, and stopped and read it unintentionally. If you know this, you may think that it's a good thing.
Let's take a closer look at the "Hana Kaido" on Chuo-dori, while enjoying the flowers. There may be a new discovery.
