The One-Straw Revolution

At the end of the year the one-acre farmer of long ago spent January, February, and March hunting rabbits in the hills and writing Haiku. Though he was called a poor peasant, he still had this kind of freedom. The New Year's holiday lasted about three months. Gradually this vacation came to be shortened to two months, one month, and now New Year's has come to be a three-day holiday.

Masanobu Fukuoka