Tag Archives: seasons

Lucky Seven

Posted on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 by wildinjapan

Hi blog. I’ve been meaning to write about this topic for several years now, but I always miss the season.   My wife and her family don’t follow this particular custom, so I can’t personally relate to it.  In fact, I … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 by wildinjapan

  Happy New Year!   “Huh?”, I hear you ask. Let me explain.  February 3rd is Setsubun, literally “division of the seasons”.  On the lunar calendar, this was the end of the kan – the coldest part of the year … Continue reading →

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Posted on Sunday, June 3, 2012 by wildinjapan

The Oxford English Dictionary has this definition of “season”: “a period of the year characterized by a particular climatic feature or marked by a particular activity, event, or festivity”   It’s easy to think of the number of seasons as … Continue reading →

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