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In Japan, June is also called Minazuki（水無月）.
This is one of the old Japanese names for the months. Today, Japan uses numerical month names such as January, February, and March. But in the old calendar, each month also had a name that reflected the season. January was Mutsuki（睦月）, March was Yayoi（弥…
