Today is risshun (立春), the first day of spring by the old calendar. On calendar it is spring, but it is still cold at this time of the year. In old calendar risshun was the first day of the year. Therefore in some fortunetellings one cycle of the year means not from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 but from risshun to setsubun.
Risshun is one of the nijyushi sekki (二十四節気), 24 terms. The last one was dai kan (大寒)on Jan. 20 and the next one is u sui (雨水)on Feb. 18.
There are four seasons in Japan. Spring(March, April, May), summer(June, July, August), autumn(September, October, November), and winter(December, January, February). Spring is haru(春), summer is natsu (夏), autumn is aki (秋), and winter is fuyu (冬) in Japanese.
Which season do you like?
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