August 7th – August 11th, 2025 is Autumn – Start of RISSHU (Beginning of autumn)-37th KOU “Cool breezes begin to blow.”
According to the lunisolar calendar, this is the beginning of autumn, when cool breezes begin to blow.
Early morning today (8th), we had enough rain (I can’t remember the day of the last rain). And the temperature was 29 degrees. Even at the temperature, I think not only me to feel cool but also others. It’s a bit of a respite from the heatwaves.
FUJIWARA no TOSHIYUKI, a WAKA (traditional Japanese poetry) poet in HEIAN era, composed a poem about the scene during this season.
Autumn?
Can’t see clearly to the eyes, though,
The sound of the wind makes me realize suddenly.
Have you ever suddenly felt a cool breeze and thought “!”, have you? 😉
