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Micro-season 55 of 72Start of Winter

Sasanqua Camellias Bloom

山茶始開つばきはじめてひらく

山茶花が咲きはじめる

WinterNovember 7〜November 11

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In English

Sasanqua camellias open just as most other flowers are finished. They drop petal by petal, unlike the true camellia, whose whole flower falls at once.

他の花が終わるころ、山茶花が咲く。椿が花ごと落ちるのに対し、山茶花は花びらが一枚ずつ散る。

The solar term it belongs to

Start of WinterりっとうRitto is the first day of winter on the old calendar. The sun sets noticeably earlier, and preparations for the end of the year quietly begin.

Japanese culture around November