Micro-season 67 of 72Minor Cold

Japanese Parsley Flourishes

芹乃栄せりすなわちさかう

せりが水辺で盛んに育つ

WinterJanuary 6〜January 10

In English

Seri, Japanese parsley, grows thick in the cold water. It is the first of the seven herbs eaten in a rice porridge on January 7th to rest the stomach.

冷たい水辺でせりが盛んに育つ。一月七日に胃を休めるために食べる「春の七草」の筆頭。

The solar term it belongs to

Minor ColdしょうかんShokan is the start of kan, the coldest thirty days of the year. New Year decorations come down and daily life returns to normal.

In English

The solar term it belongs to

Japanese culture around January