March 5th, 2025-March 9th is Spring-KEICHITSU(Insects awaken)-7th KOU “Hibernating insects surface.” It depicts hibernating insects crawling out of the soil as they sense the warmth.
It’s snowed three times in the past few days and rain this morning.
The insects and bugs will probably still be in the soil in such days. But it’s probably about time to get ready to wake up. Fish from under the thin ice, lots of chironomids (probably just hatched) under the stones by the water, and also earthworms in the soil of the “KANOKOSHI” (I put them back in the soil ^^), they are waiting you come out.
There’s a word SANKAN-SHIONN that means after three cold days, warm weather lasts for four days. The word is actually for expressing winter season, not spring.
Looking at the past few KOU, I’m surprised that the weaather is so literal. It’s a little cold today, but will it get warmer after that?
By the way, the date I found clumps of frog eggs (probably NIHON-AKAGAERU (Japanese brown frogs)) last year was March 3rd. This year, I haven’t found any yet.
