The photo was taken at 16:04 on December 24th at the B-stone.
Winter Solstice 2023
Winter solstice arrived on Friday, December 22, 2023 at 03:27 UTC.
We have a report from Kazuo Sugisaka in Kanayama who sent us the striking photo above:
“On the day of the winter solstice, it sometimes snowed, and although it was sunny the next day, I couldn’t get a good photo of it, which is why the photo was taken on the 24th.”
Winter solstice, pronounced tōji in Japanese and written as 冬至, is archaically read as fuyu-itaru which means the arrival of winter.
Okunomichi posted this explanation of the winter solstice of 2020:
Thank you, Kazuo Sugisaka, for sharing your photo and your experience with us.
Best wishes for the new year to everyone in the world. Let peace prevail on Earth!
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Iwaya-Iwakage of Kanayama Megaliths 