Golden Week in May

One of favorite month of the year should be May.
That May has "Golden week" is one reason.
May will be followed by that notorious Baiu Season (rainy seaon ) in June.

Golden Week is consist fo several public holidays as follows.
- April 29
Greenery Day, or Nature Day
- May 3
Constitution Memorial Day
- May 4
People's Day, or Citizen's Day
- May 5
Children's Day

May Day (on May 1) is not a public holiday, but is nevertheless often granted as a holiday by many companies.
The rule is, when a public holiday is on a Sunday, the next day tbecomes a holiday for that year.

Flora and fauna -April-

As usual year, April started with Japanese Cherry Blossom flowering against windy weather.
The life time of flowering of this blossom is very short, about one week or so.
This is why people here like this trees.
At the time I write this article, flowering ended, many trees are growing many leaves.
April starts with Cherry Blossom and ends with the beginning of so-called "Golden Week".

The plant of this month:
I would like the tiny plant, "Erythronium japonicdum".
This plant is also to flower at the beginning of April, does not last long.
It is not popular flower but grows at limited place like a sunny slope of hill.
You would notice that the flower petal is very unique.

The bird of this month:
It is Japanese Bush Warbler (Uguisu).
This birds will sing from April, therefore people think of this bird as a herald of springtime.
They are more often heard than seen.
Along with this uguise, great tit's singing is heard in many places.
Yes, spring has come with birds singing.
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