Day 20: January 20th
365日にっぽんのいろ図鑑
Time spent: 22 min
Today’s color: 薄鈍色 (うすにびいろ) - a light bluish grey
I like this color a lot. …It was a color of mourning in the Heian period so I’m not exactly sure what that says about me 
But it feels like a very calm, introspective color.
A nice sentence from today: 独特の静けさは、人を悼むのみならず、自分の心と向き合うこととも親しいでしょう。
Some good words
- 僧服 (そうふく) - priest’s garb
- 僧侶 (そうりょ) - priest, monk
- 静けさ (しずけさ) - stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity
- 悼む (いたむ) - to grieve over; to mourn; to lament
- のみならず - a grammary thing meaning not only; besides; as well as
まいにち暦生活 日本の暮らしを楽しむ365のコツ
Time spent: 9 min
Today is 大寒, the coldest day of the year 
Seems about right It’s also the first day of 款冬華 (ふきのはなさく), another one of the 72 microseasons - this is when the フキノトウ (edible flower buds of the fuki (Petasites japonicus) plant) start to sprout from beneath the snow.
What else did I read?
お前、タヌキにならねーか? Vol 1
Amount read: 8 pages
Time spent: 22 min
ahem 
So, I’ve only read the first chapter so far, is that a bit premature to dub this the best manga ever
I really love it already xD This is kind of a dream scenario for me, tbh - like, you don’t want to live as a human anymore, do you want to come be a tanuki instead? Heck yes I do, take me away to frolic in the mountains of Japan, cute tanuki man 
I am kind of upset that this is not a real-life option
Perhaps one of the best perks of tanuki life
Like…I’m supposed to get fat? Sign me up, man. Sign me the heck up!
This is really cute and I love this
Please share screenshots of pink haired fashion model guy if/when you meet him, I am intrigued