# 📚📚 Read every day challenge - Winter 2022 ☃❄

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**Created:** [December 28, 2021, 8:51am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-every-day-challenge-winter-2022/54948 "2021-12-28T08:51:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-every-day-challenge-winter-2022/54948/583 "2022-01-14T17:26:29Z")

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🐅 📚 **[Homepost - Tigerdate: 20220114](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-every-day-challenge-winter-2022/54948/11)** 📚 🦝

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**Tanuki Scroll XIV:** [鹿児島県](http://hukumusume.com/jap/046_kagosima.htm) 🌋

Today I read about Kagoshima Prefecture!

Rodan explained about the really cool prefecture symbol (thanks again @rodan !) :

> **Prefecture Symbol**
>
> > [@rodan](#):
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> > Kagoshima’s emblem is especially cool since it symbolizes the prefecture’s incredibly distinctive geography of two peninsulas cradling an active volcano in the bay, 桜島:  
> > ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/f/f/3/ff374b891105e94d5cf63d550f644ef5bcfe0c93.png)  
> > ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/7/0/f/70fd0f80477cc9e580938fc574bbfd18868d93c0.png)

The prefecture tree is the クス, or くすのき [樟] which is a camphor tree:

> **Prefecture Tree**
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> ![GhibliTree](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/9/9/b/99ba43560cdb88e1e097a5d798292586388c6a21.jpeg)  
> Which looks like it’s straight out of Studio Ghibli bet Totoro lives in one of these  
> (I’m also sure I’ve seen this image before… or something very similar, could be from the Autumn challenge 🤔)
> 
> It’s often been planted in shrines and temples since ancient times, and because of its hardy wood and beautiful grain its often been used to build the temples and shrines too.

The prefecture flower is the ミヤマキリシマ [深山霧島] - a type of Azalea:

> **Prefecture Flower**
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> ![Azaeichi](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/d/8/8/d889444144fe372bc79b4afecb25e601e787e538.jpeg)
> 
> Really pretty flower!
> 
> ![Azaenichi](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/5/9/4/594111d89343bc685f3fceeb9c445d93731de56d.jpeg)
> 
> Again, looks straight out of Studio Ghibli

The prefecture bird is the ルリカケス [瑠璃懸巣] which is a Lidth’s Jay:

> **Prefecture Bird**
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> It is endemic to Japan and can only be found on the Amami islands. It was critically endangered due to hunting and habitat destruction but has been showing signs of improvement due to re-forestation and conservation efforts. It is now protected by Japanese law.
> 
> ![Jayjay](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/8/8/5/885007d360df93ef1781bf1d51d5b9d0dd59a672.jpeg)
> 
> 100% cute bird

This post got kinda big

**☆ Learnings ☆**

> **New Words (so many new words)**
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> **世界自然遺産** 「せかいしぜんいさん」ー World Heritage Site  
> **珊瑚礁** 「さんごしょう」ー Coral Reef. More commonly written as: サンゴ礁.  
> **亜熱帯** 「あねったい」ー Subtropics / Subtropical  
> **集積回路** 「しゅうせきかいろ」ー Integrated-Circuit.  
> **先端技術** 「せんたんぎじゅつ」ー High-Technology  
> **融和** 「ゆうわ」ー Harmony; Reconciliation  
> **光沢** 「こうたく」ー Glossy; Brilliance; Lustre  
> **雄大** 「ゆうだい」ー Grand; Magnificent; Majestic  
> **楕円形** 「だえんけい」ー Elliptical Shape  
> **欄間** 「らんま」ー Transom (Architecture - horizontal ornate wooden pieces above a door that hold a window - usually ornate)  
> **木魚** 「もくぎょ」ー A wooden fish gong or fish-shaped woodblock (found in temples)  
> **樟脳油** 「しょうのうゆ」ー Camphor Oil  
> **消臭剤** 「しょうしゅうざい」ー Deodorant  
> **固有種** 「こゆうしゅ」ーEndemic (species)
> 
> **Places**  
> **薩南諸島** 「さつなんしょとう」ー Satsunan Islands  
> **奄美諸島** 「あまみぐんとう」ー Amami Islands

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> [@Thud](#):
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> ![IMG_20220114_152825](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/a/f/3/af3b3feb2d2e861132b983f14b1b4fe5b7f1ade6.jpeg)

I’ve no idea of the context of this, but this is so amusing.

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