Keichitsu (Insects Awaken)

Genpei hanamomo flowering peach with red, pink, and white blossoms on the same tree. (© Pixta)

A “laughing” mountain in bloom. (© Pixta)

Tachitsubo sumire. (© Pixta)

Cedar pollen. (© Pixta)

Young bamboo shoot dressed in white miso and ground sanshō, topped with young sanshō leaves. (© Pixta)

The main part of Kasugataisha Shrine. (© Pixta)

(© Pixta)

Fresh sliced onion salad. (© nippon.com)

Sawara uncooked (left), and grilled with white miso to make saikyōyaki. (© Pixta)

(Left to right) Kogomi, warabi, taranome, and urui. (© Pixta)