The present study is a part of the activity to develop an interdisciplinary class on the climate environment
around the Japan Islands and the “seasonal feeling” there, with attention to the relation to the phase difference among
seasonal marches of the Asian monsoon subsystems. As an interesting example for that, we compared detailed
features from autumn to midwinter with those from midwinter to spring around the Japan Islands, with focus on the
asymmetric seasonal march between them. Comparison of “seasonal feeling” expressed in the Japanese classic poems
called “Wa-Ka” and in the Japanese artistic songs between those seasons was made, at the viewpoint of the above
asymmetric seasonal march.
Climate Environment around Japan
Seasonal Feeling
Joint Activity of Meteorology with Culture
Asymmetric Seasonal March
Early winter vs. Early Spring