９月１日（水曜日）２０２１
お朔日の多賀大社は朝7時から拝殿で御祈祷を受ける方が集まって来られますが緊急事態宣言下で御祈祷は中止。それでも朝の境内は参拝の方がいつもより多かったです。今日から９月。セミの賑やかな声は夏の終わりを告げ、田んぼは早々と稲刈りを済ませてしまったところと重そうに稲穂をつけているところ、初秋の美しい景色です。ケイトウの赤い花が目を惹き、「えっ、もう？！」と色づき始めた柿の実に驚かされた朝の散歩でした。
On OTSUITACHI (First day of the month) at seven a.m., Taga Taisha gives invocation for the people who come to receive it at the worship place, but it was cancelled today because a state of emergency was announced to avoid spreading of the coronavirus. Even so, more people than on a normal morning came to the shrine and prayed early this morning. September has just started. The big buzz of cicadas from trees seems to signal the end of the summer. There are some rice paddies where rice harvesting has already been done and some are a golden color consisting of rice plants with full ears of rice. It is such beautiful early autumn scenery. Red flowers of cockscomb on the way attracted me and I was surprised by persimmon fruits which were already colored. I enjoyed my morning walk to find autumn.
On OTSUITACHI (First day of the month) at seven a.m., Taga Taisha gives invocation for the people who come to receive it at the worship place, but it was cancelled today because a state of emergency was announced to avoid spreading of the coronavirus. Even so, more people than on a normal morning came to the shrine and prayed early this morning. September has just started. The big buzz of cicadas from trees seems to signal the end of the summer. There are some rice paddies where rice harvesting has already been done and some are a golden color consisting of rice plants with full ears of rice. It is such beautiful early autumn scenery. Red flowers of cockscomb on the way attracted me and I was surprised by persimmon fruits which were already colored. I enjoyed my morning walk to find autumn.
