The hot days have passed, and it’s time to feel the signs of autumn.  When you enter the mountains, the tsukutsuku-boshi cicadas will start singing, and when you go to the sea, you will only hear the voices of seabirds.  It is said that it is a rule of the world that what gets up must come down, but when it comes to nature, too, we feel a little lonely after the peak. The word late summer is perfect. High school baseball is the semi-finals today. The day after tomorrow is the final.  It’s still the height of summer here.  High school baseball players, do your best!

暑い暑い日々も過ぎ、秋の気配を感じる頃になりました。山に入るとツクツクボウシが鳴き始め、海に行くと海鳥の声が聞こえるだけです。盛者必衰は世の習いとは言いますが、自然にも盛りを過ぎれば一抹の寂しさを感じます。晩夏という言葉がピッタリです。高校野球は今日が準決勝。明後日は決勝。ここだけはまだ夏の真っ盛りです。皆んながんばれ！