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Micro-season 48 of 72Autumn Equinox

Fields Are Drained

水始涸みずはじめてかるる

田んぼの水を抜き、稲刈りに備える

AutumnOctober 3〜October 7

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In English

Water is drained from the rice paddies so the ground dries enough for the harvest. It is not nature drying up but farmers preparing.

稲刈りに備えて田の水を抜く。自然に涸れるのではなく、農家が刈り入れのために乾かしている。

The solar term it belongs to

Autumn EquinoxしゅうぶんOn the autumn equinox, day and night are again close to equal. It is a national holiday, and the week around it is the autumn higan, when families visit graves.

Japanese culture around October