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4 articles tagged #seasonal.
culture
Tsuyu — Japan's rainy season isn't bad weather to wait out, it's the month the country spends watching one flower change colorJapan's rainy season isn't a month to skip — it's the one season with its own flower, its own words for rain, and a little doll hung in the window to beg for sun.
lifestyle
Gogatsubyō — Japan's 'May sickness' isn't laziness, it's a structural crash everyone schedules into their yearAround mid-May, Japanese people quietly tell each other they've got 'May sickness.' It's not weather. It's what happens when the country boots a new year in April and then takes a 10-day holiday a month later.
culture
Shōgatsu — the Japanese New Year, when the entire country quietly resets in three daysThe Japanese New Year isn't a party — it's three days of national stillness, family, and a specific lacquered box of food. Here's what happens.
culture
Hanami — the Japanese national ritual of sitting under temporarily-blooming trees, on purpose, with friendsJapan plans its early-April calendar around a flower that blooms for one week. The whole country gathers under it on purpose.