In 2017 I decided to post articles on my Japanese blog, Tales from Wales,  following the ancient Japanese calendar called 72 Seasons (aka 72 Microseasons). We have very distinctive four seasons in Japan and a year is divided further into 24 Seasons, called Niju-shi sekki.  Still to this modern period, we have many traditional customs and events according to the Niju-shi sekki calendar. While it is a copy of the classical Chinese calendar, the 72 Seasons calendar originates in Japan, marking little changes every five days in Japanese seasons. 

The articles were about my daily life with my Welsh husband, Chris and four Maine Coon cats, Ghost, Freya, Haiku and Mochi,  featuring whatever we enjoyed together here in Wales and places we visited.