A lovely old-fashioned restaurant in Ginza! The large kanji in the middle says 季の庭 Toki No Niwa (and the smaller characters on the left are furigana: ときのにわ). The small characters on the right say 春夏秋冬 (Shunkashūtō), .
季 means season, and its only reading is キ. Its radicals are 禾 two-branch tree and 子 child.
庭 means garden, courtyard, or yard. It's read にわ and テイ. Its radicals are 广 house on a cliff, 廴 long stride, and 王 king.
春 means spring. It’s read はる or シュン. The bottom radical is 日 sun, and the top is made up of 一 one, 二 two, 人 person, and 大 big.
夏 means summer. It's read なつ, カ, ガ, or ゲ. From top to bottom, its radicals are 一 one, 目 eye or 自 self (to be it looks like self; not sure why it says both but okay!), and 夂 late/delayed/winter.
秋 means (you know where this is going!) autumn. It's read あき, とき, or シュウ. The radicals are 禾 two-branch tree (again!) and 火 fire.
冬 means winter. It's read ふゆ orトウ. Its radicals are 夂 late/delayed/winter (naturally), and two dots 丶 or ice 冫.
Finally, while the word 春夏秋冬 does mean the four seasons, it's kind of a.... fancy/literary/idiomatic usage. In daily conversation, you are more likely to hear 四季 [しき], and that mostly from older Japanese people who are convinced that the four seasons are a phenomenon that is found nowhere else in the world.
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Great news for uninsured adults in the USA who want a COVID-19 booster! It now appears that ALL CVS locations are now active participants in the Bridge Access Program. The Bridge Access Program gives out free Covid-19 vaccinations to 18+ adults who otherwise can't afford one, so if you have a CVS near you, please go get one! For others who don't have a CVS near them, please go to vaccines.gov, click on "Find Covid-19 vaccines", fill out which vaccines you prefer (you can mix different vaccines if you have to so i reccomend just marking all of them for the age groups you need), and when the next page loads mark the "Bridge Access Program Participant" option to see only locations that are Bridge Access Program participants. Hopefully, other places that aren't CVS will start participating soon, so just check back every so often to see if there are any updates. The CDC Bridge Access Program website also has more details on what locations will be participating, but only CVS is appearing as an active participant on the vaccines.gov location finder at the moment.
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