Bright, frigid wind bites!
Smarting winter sensation
freshens perspective.
Micro-season poetry inspired by the traditional Japanese calendar
REFERENCES & FURTHER READING
Nippon.com “Bringing You Japan in Your Language”
Naturalist Weekly Micro-Season: “The Bear Retreats To Its Den”
Did You Know: Calendars
Most people in Japan use, or are familiar with, the Western calendar (seireki), but the traditional calendar is used for official documents. The traditional Japanese calendar is based on reign periods of emperors. Each time a different emperor began rule, a new counting of the years began and the period acquired a new name.
–East West Consulting
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