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My ex was unwell this Sunday so I went to Mt Oil by myself. Mt Oil is located behind our city. It is not a high mountain at all. Long ago the mountain was famous for its production of oil obtained from camellia. I just went to on the foot of the mountain. I was able to see the landscape of whole city. On the way back to my home I found many flowers just beautiful. The season of cherry blossoms viewing just ended and the tree started getting leaves as well but other many flowers - camellia, magnolia, plum trees,etc were all beautiful and in full swing. Back in my home I found acer in my small garden very beautiful, since my cohabitant has watered a lot during winter and have been given fertilizer -which is rotten oil, the colour of leaves are just vividly vermilion.

It was just another perfect autumnal day.

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  • You'd mentioned Mt Oil before, and the name struck me as being rather odd, both conceptually and phoenetically. It makes sense now, but would I be correct in assuming you've translated it?
    • That's right. Original name is Mt Abura.

      Abura is a noun form of Aburu, which is a verb, means 'grill'.

      You see when we grilled something, we were able to obtain oil from it. Here [adam.ne.jp] is the night view from the top of the mountain.

      • It must be a marvellous view (photos never quite do justice to reality). I also did a google image search for the area; you live in a beautiful city, though I didn't see any photos with the trees in bloom. I imagine it must be magnificent right now.

        The logic behind the name of the mountain is fascinating, the word taking its definition from context and history that way. A kind of lateral thinking.

        It might also explain a question that has bugged me for a long time: where did the band Hawkwind get the name of
        • I just sent you a couple of photos taken here over a year. These are cherry blossoms, cosmos, hydrangea, azalea. Although I saw blooms of camellia and plums last week, I hadn't taken photos. If those flowers were still beautiful enough, I would like to take photos and send them to you.

          The life of flowers are short. One week at best, yet they give us a greatest pleasure.

          Mt Grill must serve us a greasy spoon here. [mountaingrill.co.uk]

          • Thanks for the photos, very kind of you to send them. I must say, I've always been amazed at how a technologically advanced country like Japan retains such a stong cultural love of nature; though perhaps I should be more appalled by the European tradition that nature is there to be conquered and controlled.

            Truthfully, I knew about the Mountain Grill; naming the album after a real mountain just seemed a little more...grand? Romantic?

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