{"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-1 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-2 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-3 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-4 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}]}}