Light Rains Sometimes Fall

A British Year Through Japan's 72 Seasons

Lev Parikian

• Publisher: Elliott & Thompson
• Year: 2022
• eBook ISBN:
  9781783965786
• Subtopic: Science & Technology Biographies

See the British year afresh as we follow twelve months via the traditional Japanese calendar of seventy-two seasons: revealing the beauty of small and subtle changes with joy and verve.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1 Clear Light Shines Through Mist
• 2 Dunnock Song Defies Traffic Noise
• 3 Rain Sometimes Turns to Hail
• 4 Woodpeckers Start Drumming
• 5 Crocuses Emerge from Damp Soil
• 6 Blackthorn Sheds Blossom
• 7 Birdsong Fills the Air
• 8 Crows Start Building Nests
• 9 Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom
• 10 First Chiffchaff Sings
• 11 Moths Sometimes Fly
• 12 Great Tits Scout for Nesting Sites
• 13 Dawn Chorus Intensifies
• 14 Migrant Birds Arrive from Africa
• 15 Spring Butterflies Add Colour
• 16 Lily of the Valley Blooms
• 17 Rain Refreshes Parched Ground
• 18 Fox Cubs Start to Play
• 19 Swifts Arrive
• 20 Bees All Over the Place
• 21 Starling Hullabaloo
• 22 Warmth Settles In
• 23 Peonies Bloom at Last
• 24 Woodpeckers Feed Their Offspring
• 25 Leaf Miners Run Amok
• 26 Early Summer Storms
• 27 Butterflies All Over the Place
• 28 Insects Gather in the Heat
• 29 Cool Winds Sometimes Blow
• 30 Lavender Assumes Massive Proportions
• 31 Birds in Moult
• 32 Flying Ants Fill the Sky
• 33 Acorns Fall to the Ground
• 34 Butterflies Bask in Heat
• 35 Swifts Fly Home
• 36 Heat Stifles, Evenings Stay Light
• 37 Flies All Over the Place
• 38 Bird Sounds Start Again
• 39 Robins Sing Autumn Song
• 40 Fruit Falls to the Ground
• 41 Conkers Begin to Fall
• 42 Dragonflies Lay Eggs on Water
• 43 Ivy Flowers
• 44 Bats Sometimes Swarm
• 45 House Martins Leave
• 46 Some Leaves Turn Yellow
• 47 Starlings Start to Gather
• 48 Evening Skies Blaze
• 49 Maple Reaches Peak of Glory
• 50 Redwings Arrive
• 51 Plane Trees Shed Their Leaves
• 52 Sogginess Prevails
• 53 Spiders Appear in Sheds
• 54 Autumn Days Sometimes Attain Perfection
• 55 Bracken Turns to Bronze
• 56 Starlings Whizz Around in Groups
• 57 Plane Trees Sprout Seed Heads
• 58 Leaves Lie Thick on the Grass
• 59 Evenings Draw In
• 60 Mud All Over the Place
• 61 Winter Closes In
• 62 Grey Skies Are Unremitting
• 63 Gulls Gather in Flocks
• 64 Magnolia Shows First Buds
• 65 Storms Sometimes Blow
• 66 Christmas Trees Are Released into the Wild
• 67 Hellebores Flower
• 68 Rain Revives Mosses
• 69 Snowdrops Poke Through Soil
• 70 Snow Sometimes Falls
• 71 Birds Emerge After Snow
• 72 Jays Retrieve Acorns
• Acknowledgements
• Copyright