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Micro-season 14 of 72Clear and Bright

Wild Geese Fly North

鴻雁北こうがんかえる

雁が北へ帰っていく

SpringApril 10〜April 14

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In English

The wild geese that wintered in Japan head back north. Swallows arriving and geese leaving in the same season is a classic image in Japanese poetry.

日本で冬を越した雁が北へ帰る。つばめが来て雁が去る同じ季節の入れ替わりは、和歌の定番の景色。

The solar term it belongs to

Clear and BrightせいめいSeimei means "clear and bright." The air is clean, the new leaves are out, and everything looks freshly washed. In Okinawa, families gather at the graves for a picnic called shiimii.

Japanese culture around April