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夏の音。・＊

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Blue summer by 空に青

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Everyday life in Osaka     https://www.instagram.com/yuji87/

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一日一歩 (ichi-nichi-ip-po) "Moving forwards, one step every day"

一 = one

日 = day

一 = one

歩 = step

This is a special kind of Japaneses idiom known as a 四字熟語 (よじじゅくご、yo-ji-juku-go), or 4-character idiom. As the name suggests, these are idiomatic phrases made of 4 kanji characters.

They often contain a small life lesson or moral message, similar to English sayings such as “you reap what you sow” and “the early bird gets the worm”.

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A lunar occultation of the Pleiades, when the Moon passes in front of the star cluster, was visible from Japan on the night of 16 August into the early morning of 17 August. OP says it was very difficult to photograph the bright moon and the fainter stars, but he also managed to capture an iridescent cloud lit by the moon.

Additional information: Firstly, an eclipse is called 食 shoku (food or eat) in Japanese, in other words, one celestial body is "eating" another. Perfect image. Secondly, the Pleiades is called すばる Subaru in Japanese, as is the car company SUBARU. Here's the history of SUBARU's name.

「プレアデス星団（すばる）食」

おうし座のすばるが月に隠される現象が、16日23時頃から17日1時頃にかけて起こりました。

明るい月と暗い星を一緒に撮るのは、なかなか難しかったです。

すばる食の間、時々雲に覆われることもありましたが、珍しい月光彩雲も撮れました。

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Sunflowers by ことり / Kotori

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Cats by Léo Forest

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Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, by Atsushi 沖縄 Photographer

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Yamagata, Japan // 癒しの自然風景 ♡

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鳥居スラローム。

The Torii gate.

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Imagine coming home to this everyday.

by oz433132

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When it's still #FrogFriday but #Caturday is creeping up...

Öide Tökö (Japanese, 1841-1905) Cat and Frog, c. 1920 Woodblock print; ink and color on paper 16 × 11 in. (40.7 × 27.9 cm) Honolulu Museum of Art 25645

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ルリモンハナバチ（Thyreus decorus）

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Summer in Japan by 杏

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デジカメライフ

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Stools, Yurakucho 有楽町

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アメチェ ＝ アメリカンチェリー ＝ American cherry ＝ Black cherry ＝……….BlaChe (?)