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「松過ぎ」は、松の内も終わり、門松や注連飾りも外され日常に戻る少しの間をいいます。関西は十五日からしばらくの期間となります。

　元旦からの大正月に対して、正月十五日もしくは、十五日を中心とした三日間を小正月とします。小正月に左義長やどんど焼きと呼ばれる火祭りがあり、門松や注連飾りも焼かれます。正月の神様や正月の間家に戻っていた祖霊たちは、火祭りの煙とともに帰っていくとも言われています。また餅花や繭玉は五穀豊穣を願う農事予祝として「小正月」に飾られたものだそうです。

お客様にとって実り多い一年になりますことを願い、日頃の感謝を込めて餅花を作り玄関に飾らせていただきました。

わたつうみのはまのまさごをかぞへつつ
きみがちとせのありずにせむ　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　（古今集）

大海の浜辺の砂を数えながら
それをあなた様の数え切れない長寿の齢の数といたしましょう

幾年を重ねても人を慈しむ心は大切にしたいものです。

“Matsu-sugi” refers to the brief period after Matsu-no-uchi has ended, when the pine and sacred rope decorations are taken down and daily life quietly resumes. In the Kansai region, this time begins after January 15 and lasts for a short while thereafter.

While the days from New Year’s Day are known as Ōshōgatsu, January 15—or the three days centered around it—is called Koshōgatsu, the “Little New Year.” On this occasion, fire festivals known as Sagichō or Dondoyaki are held, during which New Year’s decorations such as kadomatsu and shimenawa are burned. It is said that the deities of the New Year, as well as the ancestral spirits who returned home during the holidays, depart once more, carried away in the rising smoke of these fires.
Decorations such as mochibana and mayudama were also traditionally displayed at Koshōgatsu as prayers for a bountiful harvest, a symbolic pre-celebration of agricultural abundance.

With wishes for a year filled with rich blessings for our guests, and with heartfelt gratitude, we have prepared mochibana and placed it at our entrance.

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Watatsumi no hama no masago wo kazoetsutsu
kimi ga chitose no arizu ni semu
(Kokin-shū)

As I count each grain of sand along the vast seashore,
may they become the countless years of your long life.

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No matter how many years pass, may we always cherish a heart that holds kindness and compassion for others.