18th April – 卯月 Spring time in Japan, you can see the funny shaped Horsetails on the field, it is called つくし (Tsukushi) in Japanese and written as 土筆 in Kanji. 土 means soil and 筆 means brush – Japanese thought the shape looked like a brush that is why they picked this Kanji. ThisContinue reading “つくし (Tsukushi) – Horsetail”
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潮干狩り (Shiohigari) – Clam digging
7th April – 卯月 Digging the sandy beach to find shells such as clams when it is low tide. In the spring season in Japan, many family go to the sandy beach to enjoy 潮干狩り (Shiohigari). The sandy ground where normally is deep under the sea comes out due to the low tide, has plentyContinue reading “潮干狩り (Shiohigari) – Clam digging”
4th February – 如月
立春 （Risshun）- The starting date of spring Today falls in the first period of the season, when a year divided into 24 period by the sun movement. Generally the first day of the spring, Risshun falls in around 2nd of February to 5th of February. Spring lasts until the period 立夏 ‘Rikka’ the start of summer, aroundContinue reading “4th February – 如月”
Little Japan Dictionary 