Snow on the First Day of Spring | 菅原明子公式ブログ英語版

Tuesday, February 4th was “Rishun,” the first day of spring in the lunar calendar. It is supposed to start spring from this day.

Actually, temperature rose high throughout Japan as if to feel it were the beginning of summer over the past weekend.

However, it turned round that a big cold wave covered the nation and it snowed in many places.

The real spring is still quite far away.

Pedestrians walking quickly in the snow at Tokyo Station
＝Photo by Naotsugu Umemura at 17:05 on Feb. 4, 2014 Chiyoda-District Tokyo

Snows on ume blossoms, as if the season went back
＝Photo by Hironori Tsuchie at 17:16 on Feb. 4, 2014 Kairakuen, Mito-city