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@camelliakyoto

🌸FOOD FOR THE EQUINOX🍂
Food plays an important roll at Higan (彼岸).

On the first and last day of the equinoctial week, rice dumplings (団子 'dango') are offered at the family altar. Rice cakes covered in bean jam (botamochi in spring and ohagi in fall) are presented mid-week.

You can read all about the spring and autumn equinoxes in these threads🧵⬇️

🌸➡️

https://twitter.com/camelliakyoto/status/1505694908316676096?s=20&t=Kns8lpq-goJq9fECG0saBw

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https://twitter.com/camelliakyoto/status/1440826789387857921?s=20&t=Kns8lpq-goJq9fECG0saBw

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #Ryoanji #Kinkakuji #龍安寺 #金閣寺 #彼岸

Botamochi and ohagi are popular during the equinoctial weeks, when they are made as sacred offerings & enjoyed as tasty snacks.
Glutinous rice is soaked, cooked and formed into a ball. Around this ball a thick sweet bean paste is packed on.

Photo thanks-tokubai.co.jp/news

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Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto

A little bling for my morning break✨😎

#Kyoto #Japan #Kinkakuji #金閣寺 #TempleoftheGoldenPavilion #Rokuonji #鹿苑寺 #kyototemples #京都

I didn't quite have the temple to myself, but near enough.
A little bit of the magic, mystery and history of Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺) emerges in the absence of people, and I appreciate how lucky I am to experience these moments.

More about the temple⬇️

https://twitter.com/camelliakyoto/status/1427784760324104198?s=20

#Japan

Kinkaku-ji's (金閣寺) 600 year old Rikushū-no-matsu (陸舟之松 lit. 'Ship-shaped Pine on the Shore') is said to have been Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's (足利義満) favourite bonsai (盆栽).
After his death the Japanese white pine (ゴヨウマツ) was planted in the ground.
#Kyoto #Kinkakuji