February 28th, 2025 –March 4th is Spring – USUI(Rainwater)-6th KOU “Grass sprouts, trees bud.” At the end of the USUI season, the ground becomes moist with melting snow and warm spring rains. It’s time plants begin to sprout.
It’s March now. The temperature has risen sharply up to +15.7°C.
The moment I feel it’s getting warm is when I’m trying about to get up in the morning but being still wrapped up in my FUTON (blanket). It doesn’t feel drafty around my head or hair. I no longer have to wear a ZUBON-SHITA (underpants? patches? tights?) during the day.
Plants are honest, too. Small flowers are blooming. During the hot summer, the grass in my vegetable garden is a nuisance, but when I see them blooming at this time of year, it seems like a messenger of spring.
