Today is ritto (立冬), one of the 24 solar terms. The last one was soko (霜降) on Oct.24, and the next one is shosetsu (小雪) on Nov.22. Ritto literally means stand winter. It is the begining of winter.
Today is tori no ichi (酉の市). It is a festival held on the day of cock in November at the shrines related to birds. This is related to business and rakes decorated with good luck items are sold to gather fortunes.
This year there are two tori no ichi. First one is called ichi no tori (一の酉), and tbe second one is called ni no tori (二の酉) which will be held on Nov. 20.
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