on the first day of June

The season of‘dokudami’ has come around again.
I see ‘dokudami’ wherever I go.



I do love these little white flowers.

Some people like its smell and others not.

I don't think dokudami smells very good
but I don't mind its smell at all.

How about you?

Some people make tea or lotion from ‘dokudami'
and others make medicine from ‘dokudami'.

‘Dokudami’ is a very useful plant.

By the way, June 1 used to be the day
when we started wearing summer clothes,
I mean 衣替え.

But the word 衣替え is not so popular anymore.

We have already changed clothes
because we had very hot days in May.

Did you remember the word 衣替え today?

(along Tamagawa-josui)