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🌸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.
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🧵⬇️
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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
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
deep silence-
the shrill of cicadas
seeps into rocks
静けさや岩に染み入る蝉の声
-Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉 1644-94).
A morning visit to our neighbour's garden😇
#Japan #Kyoto #Zen #Ryoanji #京都 #龍安寺
the shrill of cicadas
seeps into rocks
静けさや岩に染み入る蝉の声
-Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉 1644-94).
A morning visit to our neighbour's garden😇
#Japan #Kyoto #Zen #Ryoanji #京都 #龍安寺
Accompanying our morning matcha are some rather unusual souvenirs from Nao-san's trip to Yōkoku-ji (楊谷寺)...kitsune and hydrangea-shaped wagashi.
It's very rare for temples to sell fresh sweets, but this is a development we wholeheartedly support😋
#everydaymatcha #和菓子 #京都
It's very rare for temples to sell fresh sweets, but this is a development we wholeheartedly support😋
#everydaymatcha #和菓子 #京都
Yōkoku-ji's sweets are made by a store called 'Kuchifuku-dō' (口福堂) in Saitama. 'Engitsune' (えんぎつね), the kitsune-shaped nerikiri (練り切り), was filled with a citrus-flavoured bean paste. The 'Hanachozu' (花手水), as the name suggests, was inspired by flower basins.
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🌻🌞SUMMER SOLSTICE😎⛱️
In the traditional Japanese calendar June 21st-26th is 'Natsukarekusa karuru' (乃東枯), 'Self-heal withers'. This is part of the June 21st-July 6th micro season known simply as 'Geshi' (夏至 'Summer Solstice').
#Japan #Kyoto #夏至 #SummerSolstice #京都
In the traditional Japanese calendar June 21st-26th is 'Natsukarekusa karuru' (乃東枯), 'Self-heal withers'. This is part of the June 21st-July 6th micro season known simply as 'Geshi' (夏至 'Summer Solstice').
#Japan #Kyoto #夏至 #SummerSolstice #京都
Self-heal, known as 'utsubokusa' (ウツボグサ) in Japanese, is an amazing little plant, both eaten and used for medicinal purposes (especially to treat sore throats). Anti-inflammatory in nature, the Chinese believed the plant was able to "change the course of a chronic disease".
Self-heal also goes by the name woundwort & heart-of-the-earth.
🌿The plant leaves/stems are said to be antibacterial, diuretic, astringent, hypotensive, and a powerful antioxidant.
🌿The flower spikes are believed to restore liver damage.
🌿The herb also aids the gall bladder.
🌿The plant leaves/stems are said to be antibacterial, diuretic, astringent, hypotensive, and a powerful antioxidant.
🌿The flower spikes are believed to restore liver damage.
🌿The herb also aids the gall bladder.
