春はるになると、あたたかい日ひがふえて、花はなもたくさん咲さきます🌷春はるは自然しぜんだけではなく、食たべ物ものからも感かんじることができます😌

日本にほんでは、その季節きせつにいちばんおいしい食たべ物ものを「旬しゅん」といいます。旬しゅんの食たべ物ものは、新鮮しんせんでとてもおいしいです😋

春はるには、いろいろな旬しゅんの食たべ物ものがあります。たとえば山菜さんさい！たけのこやわらび、ふきなどは春はるを感かんじさせる野菜やさいです🥬

わたしはおばあちゃんと毎年まいとしたけのこを掘ほりに行いきます😆この季節きせつになると、スーパーにもたくさん並ならびますよ！「たけのこごはん」や「山菜さんさいごはん」にして食たべる人ひとも多おおいです🍚

それから、菜なの花はなや春はるキャベツも旬しゅんです。菜なの花はなは少すこしにがいですが、春はるらしい味あじがします🌱

つくしも春はるを感かんじさせる食たべ物もののひとつです！実じつはそのへんに生はえている草くさなんですが、炒いためて食たべるとおいしいんですよ！この時期じき、道みちや河原かわらでふくろを持もって何なにかを探さがしている人ひとがいたら、きっとつくし採とりです（笑わら）わたしもつくしを採とるのが好すきです🙌

春はるは貝かいもおいしい季節きせつです！あさりやはまぐりも旬しゅんで、みそしるや酒さかむしにします🐚わたしは魚介類ぎょかいるいが苦手にがてで食たべませんが、潮干狩しおひがりには毎年行まいとしいきます！色々いろいろとるのが好すきなんです😂

春はるの味あじは、日本にほんならではのものが多おおいかもしれませんね🤔旬しゅんの食たべ物ものを食たべると、季節きせつをもっと楽たのしむことができます✨日本人にほんじんらしい楽たのしみ方かたですね🇯🇵

【English Translation】

When spring comes, the days get warmer and many flowers begin to bloom. You can feel the arrival of spring not only through nature, but also through food.

In Japan, the foods that taste the best in a particular season are called “shun” (旬). Seasonal foods are fresh and very delicious.

In spring, there are many seasonal foods. For example, wild mountain vegetables (sansai). Bamboo shoots, warabi ferns, and fuki are vegetables that make people think of spring.

Every year, I go digging for bamboo shoots with my grandmother. Around this time of year, they also appear in supermarkets. Many people cook bamboo shoot rice (takenoko gohan) or rice with mountain vegetables.

Also, nanohana (rapeseed blossoms) and spring cabbage are in season. Nanohana is a little bitter, but it has a very spring-like taste.

Tsukushi (horsetail shoots) are another food that reminds people of spring. They actually grow like weeds around here, but if you stir-fry them, they are very tasty. Around this time of year, if you see someone carrying a bag and searching along roads or riverbanks, they are probably picking tsukushi. I also like collecting tsukushi.

Spring is also a great season for shellfish. Asari clams and hamaguri clams are in season, and people often make them into miso soup or steam them with sake. I personally do not eat seafood because I am not a big fan of it, but I still go clam digging (shiohigari) every year. I simply enjoy collecting things.

Many spring flavors in Japan might be quite unique to the country. Eating seasonal foods is a great way to enjoy the changing seasons. It is a very Japanese way of appreciating the time of year.

【Vocabulary List】

春(はる) – spring
あたたかい – warm
ふえる – to increase
花(はな) – flower
咲(さ)く – to bloom
自然(しぜん) – nature
感(かん)じる – to feel
季節(きせつ) – season
旬(しゅん) – food in season / seasonal peak
新鮮(しんせん) – fresh
山菜(さんさい) – wild mountain vegetables
たけのこ – bamboo shoot
わらび – bracken fern
ふき – butterbur
野菜(やさい) – vegetable
おばあちゃん – grandmother
毎年(まいとし) – every year
掘(ほ)る – to dig
並(なら)ぶ – to line up / be displayed
たけのこごはん – bamboo shoot rice
山菜(さんさい)ごはん – rice with mountain vegetables
菜(な)の花(はな) – rapeseed blossoms
春(はる)キャベツ – spring cabbage
少(すこ)し – a little
にがい – bitter
味(あじ) – taste
つくし – horsetail shoots
草(くさ) – grass / weed
生(は)える – to grow
炒(いた)める – to stir-fry
時期(じき) – season / time
道(みち) – road
河原(かわら) – riverbank
ふくろ – bag
探(さが)す – to look for
採(と)る – to pick / gather
貝(かい) – shellfish
あさり – asari clam
はまぐり – hamaguri clam
みそしる – miso soup
酒(さけ)むし – steamed with sake
魚介類(ぎょかいるい) – seafood
苦手(にがて) – not good at / dislike
潮干狩(しおひが)り – clam digging
多(おお)い – many
楽(たの)しむ – to enjoy
楽(たの)しみ方(かた) – way of enjoying

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