In Japan, it is customary to visit graves during the "Ohigan" period when red spider lilies bloom. The national holiday "Shuubun no Hi (Autumn Equinox Day)" is said to be a time to honor ancestors ...

(KTAL/KMSS) — The autumnal equinox is considered the first day of fall, but it’s so much ... in cultures across the world. Buddhists in Japan celebrate Higan during the week of the fall ...

As in every autumn, I recently encountered the delicate ... But that does not matter to kinmokusei in Japan. Most of the fragrant olive trees in this country are male plants, which cannot be ...

So for Chileans, South Africans and Australians, among others, this is a time to embrace cooler autumn weather ... the equinox. Here are a few: In Japan, Vernal Equinox Day is a public holiday.

In Asuka Village, around the time of the Autumnal Equinox. Thousands of Higanbana (Red spider lilies) bloom surrounding golden fields with ripe ears of rice. Red flowers cover up every pathway to ...