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Nature Journaling Booklet
“A Year through the 24 Small Seasons” Downloadable Nature-Journaling Booklet
A companion workbook to our book, Moments in Bloom: Japanese Seasonal Living for a mindful life. With 24 pages, one for each small season, the booklet includes space to list seasonal words, a mindful writing prompt, a haiku, and a small sketch. Download here.
Recommended Publications
✨Indicates highly recommended
Nature, Japan
The Japanese Art of Living Seasonally by Natalie Leon (2024)
East Wind Melts the Ice by Liza Dalby (2009) ✨
World Kigo Database by Gabi Greve ✨
Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons by Haruo Shirane ✨(2013)
Nature, General
The Hidden Seasons: A Calendar of Nature’s Clues by Tristan Gooley (2025)
Haiku, Japanese Literature
Haiku World: An International Poetry Almanac by William Higginson (1997)
Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons by Haruo Shirane (2013)
Traces of Dream: Landscape, Cultural Memory, and the Poetry of Basho by Haruo Shirane (1998)
Spring and Other Seasonal Haiku Collections by R.H. Blyth ✨
24 Season Ideas and Prompts
Nature walks in the same spot every two weeks, in accordance with each season. What do you see? What do you notice is different? How are you different from the two weeks prior?
Make a piece of art every two weeks. It could be inspired by the natural world - or not! Just make a piece that reminds you of this time in your life.
Journaling Prompt. Is writing every day too much? Every week too much? Why not try writing every two weeks and use the season as your jumping-off point?
Seasonal Flavors: What foods feel very seasonal? Look for foods at your farmers market or the grocery shelves. From new greens in February to gingerbread in December, seasonal eats are all around.
Seasonal Word Lists: What seasonal words are in your area? Write them down and create your own saijiki, a seasonal almanac.
A Haiku for Each Season: Don’t have time for writing or art or cooking? How about a haiku for each season!
A plant for each of the 24 seasons: What plant symbolizes this time of year? Document, draw, write, or simply note it.
Research Project: Research the history, culture, literature and arts inspired by your seasonal word. Find a peice of artwork that feels like one of the 24 seasons.