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🍵HANGING THE MOSS🌱
Just as people are beginning to take down their New Year decorations, a bundle of green appears in the tea room.
Known in English as ground pine, wolf’s-foot clubmoss and stag’s-horn clubmoss, 'hikage-no-kazura' (日陰蔓) will adorn the alcove for a few weeks.
Just as people are beginning to take down their New Year decorations, a bundle of green appears in the tea room.
Known in English as ground pine, wolf’s-foot clubmoss and stag’s-horn clubmoss, 'hikage-no-kazura' (日陰蔓) will adorn the alcove for a few weeks.
With the spread of Omicron, we've put our official Hatsugama (初釜 first tea ceremony of the year) on hold😑...but rather than feeling glum, we've been toasting the fresh year here in the office with Nijō Wakasaya's (二條若狭屋) 'New Year Amabie' (アマビエ～ニューイヤー～) 🥳🎉
Nijō Wakasaya's seasonal Amabie-themed sweets have been a constant delight throughout the pandemic.
➡️@616wakasaya
'New Year Amabie' mimics a kagami mochi (鏡餅)🍊🤣
A previous thread about the disease-deflecting 'deity' Amabie⬇️
#Japan #Amabie #和菓子
➡️@616wakasaya
'New Year Amabie' mimics a kagami mochi (鏡餅)🍊🤣
A previous thread about the disease-deflecting 'deity' Amabie⬇️
#Japan #Amabie #和菓子
🌊✨🙏AMABIE (アマビエ)🖌️🤒🙌
In Kyōto and many parts of Japan the pandemic revived a half forgotten deity, dusting her down & repackaging her for a new generation.
'Amabie' (アマビエ) has gone from being the savior of small, rural communities, to icon of the COVID-19 age.
#Japan
In Kyōto and many parts of Japan the pandemic revived a half forgotten deity, dusting her down & repackaging her for a new generation.
'Amabie' (アマビエ) has gone from being the savior of small, rural communities, to icon of the COVID-19 age.
#Japan
WHAT IS AMABIE?
Occupying the grey area between 'yōkai' (妖怪) and 'kami' (神), Amabie (アマビエ) was a 3-legged, mermaid-like creature said to protect against disease.
As the pandemic unfolded, her image was once again seized upon and popularized as a protective charm🙏
#Japan
Occupying the grey area between 'yōkai' (妖怪) and 'kami' (神), Amabie (アマビエ) was a 3-legged, mermaid-like creature said to protect against disease.
As the pandemic unfolded, her image was once again seized upon and popularized as a protective charm🙏
#Japan
The most famous sighting of Amabie (perhaps the only sighting) was in Higo Province (肥後国 Kumamoto), mid-May 1846.
An official went to investigate a mysterious glowing by the coast and was confronted by a long-haired, beak-mouthed, 3-legged, scaly being from the deep sea.
#妖怪
An official went to investigate a mysterious glowing by the coast and was confronted by a long-haired, beak-mouthed, 3-legged, scaly being from the deep sea.
#妖怪
