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Articles tagged #Seasonal — Page 2

  • daily-life/ Jun 5, 2026

    Six Weeks of Grey

    Tsuyu is the season nobody puts on a poster — six weeks of grey, a domestic war against damp, and the konbini umbrella you keep re-buying.

    The underside of a clear plastic umbrella covered in raindrops against a pale grey sky.
  • travel/ May 14, 2026

    Heian in the Streets

    Kyoto's oldest festival is a near-silent walk in Heian court dress — the one nobody films, and the one locals quietly prefer.

    A heart-shaped green leaf tied to a weathered twig in soft, dappled woodland light.
  • culture/ Apr 30, 2026

    The Great Migration

    Four holidays nobody thinks about, a whole country on the move at once, and a returnee weighing collective rest against the kind she chose.

    A silver hard-shell suitcase standing in a dim entryway, viewed through a partly open sliding door.
  • culture/ Apr 25, 2026

    Carp in the Wind

    A Kyoto native on the carp streamers of Children's Day — and their quiet migration from home balconies to the country's rivers.

    Colourful carp-shaped streamers in black, red, blue and green flying from a pole against a blue sky above a tiled roof.
  • food/ Apr 14, 2026

    The Optimistic Cherry

    What does sakura actually taste of? Not cherries — it never did. A critic's autopsy of the pink season.

    A pink rice sweet wrapped in a pale pickled cherry leaf, resting on a wooden surface near a window.