TENUGUI TOWEL STORY VOL.45 is now available.
Calendars are indispensable to our daily lives. Prior to the solar calendar, the lunar solar calendar, known as the “old calendar,” was used.Yin refers to the moon and is a sophisticated calendar that incorporates both lunar and solar movements. It was introduced to Japan from China in the Asuka period (7th century) and has been adopted as a way of knowing the changing of the seasons. In this issue, we will guide you through the 24 seasonal divisions of autumn and winter.