Sunset

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Taking a walk this evening, I saw this beautiful sunset.

December 22 was 'the winter solstice';(To-ji).
The day was the shortest of the year on that day.
The day has been longer and longer since that day though the temperature colder and colder.
But the spring is sure to come and I will see the sign of spring here and there from now on.

Snowfall

January 6 was one of the twenty four seasonal datum points called 'Snowfall a little';(Sho-u-se-tsu).
It begins to snow from around that day and it begins to become codler and codler till 'The coldest day'; (Da-i-kan).

It has been very cold since the day before yesterday.
Yesterday, wind blew strong at some parts of Japan and it snowed a little in the morning here in Okayamal too.
But the sun began to shine in the afternoon and the snow melted away soon.
It was the second time that I saw snow this winter.

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