Today is boushu (芒種), one of nijyushisekki (二十四節気), 24 solar terms. The last one was shoman (小満) on May 21, and the next one is geshi (夏至) on June 21.
Boush means to seed the grain such as rice or wheat which has fine spines called nogi (芒). This is the busy season for farmers to plant the seeding into the field. We call this taue (田植え), rice planting.
Around this time praying mantes (蟷螂：kamakiri) and firefly (蛍：hotaru) start appearing and plum fruits start turning yellow.
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