Micro-seasons · 七十二候
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All 8 Atlas plates →Fujimi · 富士見
Tokyo saw Mt. Fuji 22 mornings in 1965. In 2023, 170.
An American teacher counted about 100 clear mornings from Hongō in 1877. Tokyo did not see that many again until 1999.
Omiwatari · 御神渡り
The god has not crossed in eight winters
The lake froze almost every winter for two and a half centuries. Across the last 33 it has failed to freeze in 15 — and the shrine has declared no crossing eight winters running.
Namae · 名前
The 36 years every girl's name ended in 子
From 1921 to 1956 not one name in the girls' top ten ended in anything else. In the same 114 years, exactly one name — 葵, in 2016 — ever appears on both lists.