Micro-seasons · 七十二候
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All 9 Atlas plates →Sentō · 銭湯
Tokyo has lost 84% of its sentō since 1968. The rest are getting busier.
Visits per bathhouse, from the city’s own totals: 37,100 a year in 2013, 50,800 in 2025. Total visits, 21.2 million, are still below 2019’s 23.4 million.
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.