February 29th-March 4th, 2024 is Spring-USUI (Rainwater)-6th KOU “Grass sprouts, trees bud”
It’s March from today. I would like to say that plants are about to start sprouting, but it snowed this morning. KUSAYOSHI (reed canary grass), which has finally started to grow its leaves, is covered in snow.
Today’s snow is called “KAMIYUKI.” It snows more in the NANSHIN (southern SHINSHU) region (around SUWA, KAMIINA, and MINAMISHINSHU) in NAGANO Prefecture than in the HOKUSHIN (northern SHINSHU) region (around NAGANO, SUZAKA, and IIYAMA). Usually, it’s the other way around.
Some people say that a full-fledged spring will come after KAMIYUKI. I feel like there might be another KAMIYUKI. So, every year at this time, I wonder when to change tires of my car.
