The wintertime is approaching as well as you lot may convey started planning a trip to become encounter the colored tumble leaves. It is equally good the best flavour to taste the chrysanthemum inward amount bloom.
As you lot may convey noticed, the trouble solid unit of measurement crest of the Imperial trouble solid unit of measurement is the chrysanthemum. It is the symbolic bloom of Nippon along amongst the cherry blossom. Originally, chrysanthemum was imported from Red People's Republic of China for medicinal purposes. The Japanese people enjoyed the beautiful flowers, as well as they began growing chrysanthemum for ornamental purposes. According to the mass published inward the 17th century, at that topographic point were already over 200 kinds of chrysanthemums grown inward Japan. Today, nosotros convey much wider diversity of chrysanthemums inward sizes, shapes as well as colors.
In Japan, chrysanthemum has been traditionally recognized equally the flowers offered to Buddha as well as the deceased. It is oft placed on the Buddhist altar as well as the graves. Chrysanthemum was used for such offering because its aroma was believed to take evil spirits as well as the flowers were long-lasting. The bouquets of chrysanthemums are ever available at whatsoever bloom shops as well as fifty-fifty supermarkets, as well as they are unremarkably inexpensive. Although other kinds of flowers are used equally offerings today, I suggest you lot to hand it a mo idea to hand a bouquet of chrysanthemums to your girl or your sick friend inward lodge to avoid whatsoever confusion as well as misunderstanding. 
From Oct to November, many chrysanthemum festivals are held all over Nippon as well as nosotros taste the competitive exhibitions of the beautiful chrysanthemums equally good equally the figures as well as dolls made of chrysanthemums. In Koto city, Chrysanthemum Festival is held at Kameido Tenjin Shrine from Oct 22 to Nov 23 this year. I would recommend you lot to catch at that topographic point because this is the alone house you lot tin encounter the chrysanthemum figure of Tokyo Skytree. At Kameido Tenjin Shrine, the chrysanthemums volition live inward amount bloom approximately mid-November.
(by Kumiko)