What is the 72nd candidate “Mizusawa Haraken”?
``Mizusawa Haraken'' is a second term to the Great Cold, which is said to be the coldest in the Japanese calendar, and is a word that describes the scene of ice forming on the water of a stream. The kanji for belly means thick, which suggests that the ice is thick.
Also, cold air tends to come in during this time, and in some areas of Hokkaido, temperatures can reach below freezing. Even though we are still feeling the cold weather, we are now feeling the slow transition of the seasons towards spring.
Mizusawa Haraken = Sawamizuko Oritsumuru
``Mizusawa Haraken'' is read as ``Sawa Mizuko Oritsume''.
24 solar terms: cold weather
72nd candidate: “Mizusawa Haraken”
Around March 1th to March 25th
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