Legends and myths about trees
Legendary tree deities (12)
Konohananosakuya-bime - Goddess of the cherry tree in Japanese mythology
Konohananosakuya-bime (Ref) is worshipped as the deity of Mt Fuji and her beauty as a symbol of cherry blossom.
Daughter of Oyamatsumi-no-kami, a mountain deity; also wife of Ninigi-no-mikoto (Ref2), and mother to the quarreling deities Hoderi and Hoori (Ref3). She had an elder sister named Ishinaga-hime.
Their father, Oyamatsumi, wanted both her and her elder sister to be Ninigi-no-mikoto's wives, but Ninigi married only Kihananosakuya-bime. Because the younger sister was beautiful, but the elder sister was ugly, she was sent back to her father.
According to Oyamatsumi, the younger sister was supposed to bring prosperity like cherry blossoms to the heavenly grandson, while the elder sister was supposed to bring eternal life like a rock. However, Ninigi-no-mikoto's rejection of Ishinaga-hime shortened the Emperor's life span and he soon became just like an ordinary human being.
Konohananosakuya-bime was conceived soon after her marriage, leading Ninigi-no-mikoto to suspect that she was carrying the child of the earthly deity. So she set fire to the maternity house she was in and gave birth safely, believing if a child of Ninigi as the heavenly deity would be born no matter what. The three brothers born at this time were Hoderi-no-mikoto, Hosseri-no-mikoto and Hoori-no-mikoto.
木にまつわる伝説・神話
伝説の樹木の神々 (12)
木花咲耶姫 (コノハ���ノサクヤビメ) 〜日本神話に登場する桜の女神
木花咲耶姫 (コノハナノサクヤビメ: 参照)は富士山の神、またその美貌は桜の象徴として信仰されている。
山の神である大山津見神の娘で、瓊瓊杵尊 (ニニギノミコト: 参照2)の妻でもあり、喧嘩の絶えない火照命(ホデリノミコト) と火遠理命 (ホオリノミコト: 参照3) の母である。石長比売 (イワナガヒメ)という姉がいる。
父の大山津見神は姉と一緒にニニギノミコトの妻にさせたいと思っていたが、ニニギは妹だけと結婚した。なぜなら妹は美人だったが、姉は醜かったことから父の元に送り返された。
父の大山津見神曰く、妹は天孫に桜の花が咲くような繁栄を、姉は岩のような永遠の命をもたらすはずだった。だが、ニニギがイワナガヒメを拒絶したことで天皇の寿命は短くなり、やがて普通の人間と同じになってしまう。
コノハナノサクヤビメは結婚後すぐに懐妊したためにニニギから国津神の子を身ごもったんだろうと疑われ、天津神であるニニギの子なら何があっても産まれるはず、と自分の居る産屋に火をつけて無事に出産した。この時に産まれたのが、火照命、火須勢理命(ホスセリノミコト)、火遠命の三柱である。
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Chapter 7 Trivia
A-Hakone we will go,
A-Hakone we will go,
Heigh-ho, the volcan-o,
A-Hakone we will go.
Senku seems determined to break all the pots even if, to me, it doesn't match up with what his goals are.
However I'm imagining whoever Tsukasa revived next was using pots crafted by Tsukasa's hand. (If they decided to remake any)
~80km, or about 17 hours of walking (at about 5km/hr), basically as the crow flies. Taiju could run it in 5 hours, going at 16 km/hr. They stop for one night and probably do the trip in two days.
The Tokyo <-> Hakone route becomes pretty important down the road.
With Senku's crude sextant, he just lines the sights up with the sun and reads the angle that way. A proper sextant has mirrors, so you adjust the angle until the horizon and sun are aligned in the view piece.
If we assume the sun rises at 5:30AM (it's currently around springtime), then 35,970 seconds later is 10 hours later, making it about 3:30PM.
Modern buildings simply aren't built to last thousands of years. Needs change, and thus things are only built to last ~100 years, so it makes sense that there's nothing left.
If you wanted to build something to last 3,700 years, check out the Great Pyramids for inspiration!
Interestingly, skyscrapers may last longer because of the amount of glass in them and the strength of the concrete. This is probably why Roppongi hills is still identifiable but people's houses aren't.
Obviously this doesn't account for severe natural disasters.
If they're in Kamakura, they did not go as the crow flies, and the whole trip becomes 94km (20 hours of walking).
Fun fact: if you visit the Great Buddha, you can peek inside the hollow structure from the back.
Bronze can last an incredibly long time. the Antikythera Mechanism survived for around 2000 years despite the seawater thanks to bronze's resistance to corrosion. Like Senku says, bronze will also leach copper into the soil, which can kill plants if there's a high amount present.
Prunus yedoensis is one of the most widely planted cherry cultivars, and they're all clones of the same plant. This works by grafting a branch onto another tree, making the "top half" a cherry tree, or alternatively just using cuttings.
The tree itself has a short lifespan.
These are Japanese Horsetail, better known as tsukushi. They're similar to asparagus in appearance and taste, but have hollow stems.
Senku needs one hand on his stick to check stability, so he holds his shoes in one hand. Yuzuriha can hold her shoes in both hands. Taiju needs both hands to hold all their stuff, so his are tucked into his belt.
I thought it was a nice detail :)
Nitric acid burns skin, so I assume RF would too, but Yuzuriha is saying it's cold? Is she talking about the stone feeling cold? If that part of her foot is fully stone, how is she walking if she can't bend her toes? Is it just a stone layer on top of skin?
I've got questions.
Detective Tsukasa is on the case! He seems to have some basic tracking knowledge, but more impressively he can predict Senku's moves very accurately using both his knowledge of science and possibly fighter's instincts. Senku doesn't stand a chance…
Hakone is in a volcanic region with lots of natural onsen and a view of Mt. Fuji to the northwest. This scene resembles Owakudani - a geothermic area north of Mt. Hakone, along the Hakone ropeway route.
Owakudani natural hot springs seem to range in temperature between 36.3 and 96.0°C. There's no telling what the exact temperature of the pool they chose is, but Senku obviously can't take the heat.
Senku uses the terms "gunpowder" and "black powder" interchangably. This isn't technically incorrect, as up until recently they were the same thing. Nowadays, we also have smokeless powder that can be used for the same purpose.
(Also, if you don't recognise the tune at the beginning of the thread it's "A-Hunting We Will Go", a folk song/nursery rhyme.)
Finally, several of these were taken directly from Caleb Cook's trivia, so credit where it's due.
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Cherry Blossoms & Mt. Fuji
Location: Oi Yume-no-Sato Park, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Timestamp: 14:16 February 28, 2023
Oimachi is a very small town near Odawara that features a park at the top of a small mountain that has a 19-hectare park of cherry trees supported and maintained by local volunteers.
Oi Yume-no-Sato Park is only about a 15-minute taxi ride from Shin-Matsuda Station on the Odakyu Line, or a 60- to 70-minute drive from Tokyo on the Tomei Expressway. Parking is available for free nearby at the farmers’ market.
Looking west from the peak of the park, you have a panoramic view that includes Kawazu-sakura cherry blossoms, which bloom between mid-February through early March, the neighboring town of Kaiseimachi, and a great view of Mt. Fuji.
Although the park has picnic tables, most visitors lay out a picnic blanket and enjoy a nice bento under the trees. The park was not crowded during my visit from about noon until sunset. This small and relatively unknown park allows you to take your time and enjoy the views, breath the fresh air, and enjoy the chirping of different birds feeding on the cherry blossom nectar.
The park is pet-friendly, has restrooms, a playground for children, and lots of space to walk around where you can get some nice photos without the huge crowds.
Pentax K-1 II + DFA 28-105mm F3.5-5.6
48 mm ISO 100 for 1/1000 sec. at ƒ/11
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