{"id":1960,"date":"2026-06-02T15:31:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T06:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kissakoan-nara1.shop-site.jp\/wordpress\/?p=1960"},"modified":"2026-06-02T15:31:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T06:31:52","slug":"the-hydrangeas-are-in-bloom-the-rainy-season-has-finally-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kissakoan-nara1.shop-site.jp\/wordpress\/en\/archives\/1960","title":{"rendered":"The hydrangeas are in bloom\u2014the rainy season has finally begun."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kissakoan-nara1.shop-site.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260530_222403645-002-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kissakoan-nara1.shop-site.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260530_222403645-002-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kissakoan-nara1.shop-site.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260530_222403645-002-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kissakoan-nara1.shop-site.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260530_222403645-002-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kissakoan-nara1.shop-site.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260530_222403645-002-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kissakoan-nara1.shop-site.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260530_222403645-002-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kissakoan-nara1.shop-site.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260530_222403645-002-1140x855.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-e892e273662967641d550427bb832acd wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4d4d4d\">According to the weather forecast, now that we\u2019ve entered June, the start of the rainy season seems to be drawing near. In the garden at Kissakoan, the hydrangeas have begun to bloom, giving us a sense that the rainy season is just around the corner. I hope we can make the most of any sunny spells to hold a wonderful tea gathering!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-d13c44f2f581856b4d002f3476163a96 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4d4d4d\">  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9a64cb25aeb46365f4a76f27307b894a wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4d4d4d\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9a64cb25aeb46365f4a76f27307b894a wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4d4d4d\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the weather forecast, now that we\u2019ve entered June, the start of the rainy season seems to be drawing near. In the garden at Kissakoan, the hydrangeas have begun to bloom, giving us a sense that the rainy season is just around the corner. I hope we can make the most of any sunny spells to hold a wonderful tea gathering!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/kissakoan-nara1.shop-site.jp\/wordpress\/?p=1861","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","en-US"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kissakoan-nara1.shop-site.jp\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kissakoan-nara1.shop-site.jp\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kissakoan-nara1.shop-site.jp\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kissakoan-nara1.shop-site.jp\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kissakoan-nara1.shop-site.jp\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kissakoan-nara1.shop-site.jp\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1961,"href":"https:\/\/kissakoan-nara1.shop-site.jp\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960\/revisions\/1961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kissakoan-nara1.shop-site.jp\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kissakoan-nara1.shop-site.jp\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kissakoan-nara1.shop-site.jp\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kissakoan-nara1.shop-site.jp\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}