The snow remaining in the rice paddies has disappeared over the past few days. As if they had been watching for the right moment, swans are flying in one after another. They come to feed on the fallen ears left over from the fall harvest. While I was working, I could hear swans singing in the nearby rice paddies, and it seems that the days will continue to be busy for some time to come. The beautiful sight of swans is something to behold every year, and since ancient times, swan worship has been widely practiced in the Tohoku region, a major swan flying area, and many swan shrines still remain today. Indeed, the pure white swans are considered to be a spiritual bird. Speaking of swans, one of the most popular trees in Sekibokka is the “swan flower”. This tree gets its name from the fact that its flowers are pure white and look like swans. As if to coincide with the arrival of swans, this tree is also in bloom.

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