The "Higan" in "Higanbana" is a Buddhist word meaning the other side beyond delusion. In Japan, it is customary to visit graves during the "Ohigan" period when red spider lilies bloom. The ...

When trees and plants take on autumnal colors, bamboos become freshly green ... known as “take no haru” (the spring of bamboos) in Japan. This expression is also used as “kigo,” or ...

the Fukuoka District Court ordered visitors to remove or cover up anything showing rainbow colors, the symbol for the LGBT rights movement. The court on June 8 ended up ruling that Japan’s legal ...

Buddhists in Japan celebrate Higan during ... Map: These 20 states could see ‘vibrant’ fall colors this year The pagan community celebrates the autumnal equinox with a Mabon festival.

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 ...