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Departed souls white magnolias The warming climate coaxed the arrival of a cherry blossom on March 26 in Kyoto. That is the earliest ever recorded since 1409. The date of the first Japanese cherry blossom to appear at Jisho Shrine, Kiyomizu Temple, in Kyoto has been tracked for 732 times since the year 812. This long and complete seasonal record serves as proxy evidence that phenologists use to study seasons and that haikuists can use to compare traditional and modern haiku. Subir Ningthouja aw...

under the trees and bamboo enough for the birds Tsanka Shishkova’s uphill climb was fruitful, leading her to write this line: the scent of spring plums on the hill. Stephen Toft wrote this one-liner about whispering to cattle in Lancaster, U.K.: spring blossom i sing to the bull. Wade German made a pilgrimage in Delta, British Columbia. spring snow... to master’s shrine Vladislav Hristov bowed under an old, bent evergreen in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Realizing that Jesus of Nazareth may have been ...

Early Sunday morning, Suga reassured the public that

Aerial footage taken on Feb. 14 shows landslides and other damage caused by the earthquake in Fukushima Prefecture. (Masahiko Endo) More than 100 people were injured in a magnitude-7.3 earthquake that struck on Feb. 13 in the same Tohoku region that was devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami 10 years ago. As of 9 a.m. on Feb. 14, at least 102 people in seven prefectures, including Fukushima and Miyagi, were confirmed to have been injured in the quake that...

1. Tsugaru Railways "Stove Train" (Aomori) True to its interesting name, the carriages of Tsugaru Railways "stove trains" are heated with "daruma stoves," a nostalgic relic from Japans past. These traditional space heaters rely on the burning of coal to perform their function, and the stove trains only run during the winterseason in Aomori Prefecture. Stove trains were first deployed in 1930, and the trains currently running are fourth-generation ones! Still, the train decor sticks to i...

JR East Group Offers Vegan and Muslim-friendly Sweets! EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY 02/25/2020 2:00 pm TOKYO, February 25, 2020 – JR East Group (TOKYO:9020) operates the Shinkansen and other trains over a network of railways that cover half the main island of Japan. To provide all visitors the chance to enjoy Japanese sweets souvenirs, JR East Group, in collaboration with three popular confectionery companies, is promoting food diversity with its “Plant Based Sweets Series” souvenirs. The ...

Like a disaster: 4 dead, 33 injured amid efforts to clear snow in central Japan pref. January 12, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) A snowplow is seen removing snow that accumulated in the city of Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture, on Jan. 10, 2021. (Mainichi/Makoto Ishizuka) NIIGATA -- While record snowfalls apparently passed their peak on Jan. 11 in parts of this central Japan prefecture, the removal of snow continues to fall behind in places including the city of Joetsu, where over 2 meters accumulated. ...

Coinciding with this weakening La Nina, climate models also suggest a slow-down in favourable conditions

Vanguard News Record snowfall hits Japan, kills 13, injures hundreds On Kindly Share This Story: At least 13 people died and about 250 were injured as record snowfall blanketed regions along the Sea of Japan coast, the Japanese Fire and Disaster Management Agency said on Tuesday. According to the agency and local media reports, three people aged in their 60s and 80s died in Fukui Prefecture, while 47 people were injured in the prefecture in snow-linked accidents. Niigata Prefecture saw four pe...

At least 13 people died and around 250 were injured as record snowfall blanketed regions along the Sea of Japan coast, according to the latest report by the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.