Today is ritto (立冬), one of nijyushisekki (二十四節気), the 24 solar terms. The last one was soko (霜降) on October 23 and the next one is shosetsu (小雪) on November 22.
Ritto is the first day of winter. It is middle of shubun (秋分), autumn equinox and toji (冬至), the winter solstice.
If you divide the season by the length of day and night, from ritto to one day before risshun (立春), the first day of spring is winter. Winter in Japanese is fuyu (冬).
It was rather warm today.
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