Latest newsletter: "Yuki Daruma (snowman)"
March 01, 2018Here is a Haiku written by MATSUO Basho.
"Kimi hiwo take Yokimono misen Yuki maruge"
Interpretation: Thank you for coming in the snow. Please light a fire
and brew tea. I will roll a snowball for you.
Despite its small land, the Japanese archipelago extends from north to
south. The climate varies across the region, from where the temperature
below freezing to a land of everlasting summer. Though it depends on
the climate of that year, most of the regions snow except the
southernmost part, we can see people making snowmen all over Japan.
Read the full article:
Human nature to roll a snowball? : "Yuki Daruma (snowman)"
Translation by: Hitomi Kochi, reviewed by Chan Yee Ting
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