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2023.8.22

Can you read? “Watafukai” cotton? This is the raw material used for clothing.











 

 

 

 





The cotton flowers, which fade from pale yellow to pink, have finished blooming and the calyx that encloses the fruit has opened. This is the season when pure white fluffy cotton flowers appear.

 

 

Cotton is a perennial plant belonging to the Malvaceae family. When made into products such as clothes, it is called ``men (cotton)''. Cotton balls, which have an impressive round and lovely shape, are popular as dried flowers and cut flowers for interior decoration and ornamental purposes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Opening of cotton cypress = cotton opening

The 72nd term ``Watanagi Kai'' is read as ``Watana no Hanashibe Hiraku''.

 

 

 

 

24 solar terms: summer heat
Seventy-second: Watanashikai
Period: May 8th to May 22th

 






Learn about the Japanese calendar “72 calendars”
There are not only four seasons in Japan: spring, summer, autumn, and winter, but also the 72 seasonal seasons, which start with the first day of spring in early spring and end with the cold weather of late winter.The XNUMX seasonal seasons are further divided into three parts, making the year XNUMX seasons. The story progresses along with the ``calendar,'' a seasonal calendar divided into equal parts called XNUMX seasons. We will introduce you to the XNUMX kanji, which represent the subtle changes of the seasons, and how to read their kanji.

 

 

 



Reference book: "365 Days Pon's Illustrated Book" by Calendar Seikatsu, published by Genkosha

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