This thread has dual purpose. To share stories and links about the 蝉 in Japanese culture and art, and also to celebrate the return of Brood X in Eastern North America.
Lets use our excitement about Brood X to learn more about 蝉 in Japan!
Post your own pictures of Brood X in your area below, as well as things that you learn about Japanese cicadas. Be quick! They don’t stay around for long. They just started emerging in Reading PA on May 16. Within weeks they will be dead, and by August their nymphs will hatch and crawl back underground until 2038.
