Did you Google: "Japanese calendar"...?

How far is your local Japanese bookstore?

Can you Google: "Kinokuniya USA"?

They do sell Japanese Himekuri calendars with lots of info you wants to know...

>>194047

>Did you Google: "Japanese calendar"...?

Yes. A lot.

>How far is your local Japanese bookstore?

Probably about 3 states away in California.

>Probably about 3 states away in California.

Montana or Washington.

Try Google: "Himekuri calendar".

>>194046

Because you can read Japanese...

http://www.himekuricalendar.com

>>194054
>>194057
Thanks, that is helpful. I can see now that this year's 夏の土用 begins July 19th and ends August 6th. I just wish I could find something that listed which days of the year went under which of the 12 Zodiac signs. I know that July 19th is 丑の日, so I can guess that July 18th would be 子の日 and July 20th would be 寅の日, but it's more of a hassle to calculate if I want to look ahead to September, or back to March or something.

>>194046

>Yanda is just talking about September 25th being a day under the sign of the cow in general terms, since as I understand it, every day of the year is under one of the 12 Chinese astrological signs.

You have to know Yanda is talking irresponsibly and with no basis, so that's why Jumbo and Dad get angry at him.

>>194067
I'm pretty sure he's right though.
Of course that's not why they're visiting the farm on that particular day, but I'm pretty sure September 25th of 2003 was a "cow" day.

>>194046
Your local china town probably has that calendar.

Also I have nothing constructive to add regarding your second question.

>>194073
Second question?

>>194074
Cow days of summer...

>>194046
Uh...

Click "Nihon-go" on your wiki-link,

See: "Gaibu-link",

Click: "Wareki Seireki Henkan"

>>194128
Thank you, that, combined with >>194057 are exactly what I was looking for.

So Yanda was right, according to this September 25, 2003 was under the sign of 辛丑, or "Yin Metal Cow."
Today, July 16th, 2009 is 壬犬, or "Yang Water Dog."

In all my searching though, all I could keep finding was the "cow days" of the summer doyou period, which in Japan are traditional holidays for eating eel.

>>194131

No problem.

>eating eel

Trivia: Historians think HIRAGA Gennai created that custom, to save eel restaurant.

>>194144
I read that story on one of the websites I found. It said he came up with the idea of eating う (u) foods on う・しの日 (ushi no hi) so he could sell lots of う・なぎ (unagi).