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Micro-season 39 of 72Start of Autumn

Thick Fog Descends

蒙霧升降ふかききりまとう

深い霧が立ちこめる

AutumnAugust 18〜August 22

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In English

Dense fog settles in the mornings, especially in the mountains. Warm air and cooling nights meet, and the valleys fill with white.

とくに山あいで、朝に深い霧が立ちこめる。暖かい空気と冷えはじめた夜が出会い、谷が白く満たされる。

The solar term it belongs to

Start of AutumnりっしゅうRisshu is the first day of autumn on the old calendar, even though it lands in the hottest part of summer. From this day, summer greeting cards change their wording to "late-summer greetings."

Japanese culture around August