Shubun-no-hi is the Autumn Equinox Day. It falls on the 22 of September on this current year . During the week of the equinox , Buddhist temples hold special services and people pay their respects at the ancestors' graves.
On the 16th , I went to the Myoshinji-temple in Kyoto to offer prayers and flowers to our ancestors' grave .
At home we eat Ohagi which is an oval-shaped sweet made from sticky rice, coated with sweet red-bean paste.
At home we eat Ohagi which is an oval-shaped sweet made from sticky rice, coated with sweet red-bean paste.
Higan(彼岸） is a week which centers around the vernal and autumnal equinox.
We have a proverb that the heat and the cold continues till Higan.
But it was 28 degrees yesterday and this morning I am feeling cold , I just saw some people wearing coats!
Myoshinji-temple
↑ Home-made Ohagi prepared by one of my reader. My mouth is watering!!! She made 18 ohagi but she only took this picture as her 3 of sons love it and finished almost all at once!
The yellow powder is Kinako(roasted soybean flour.
The yellow powder is Kinako(roasted soybean flour.
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