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   Camellia Tea Ceremony (camelliakyoto@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Aug-2026 12:56:03 JST Camellia Tea Ceremony

   🍡MOREISH MITARASHI😋
   Today is the beginning of a three-day period celebrating mitarashi dango (みたらし団子)!🎉

   Actually, this happens every month from the 3rd-5th because...
   3= 'MI' (み)
   4= 'taraSHI' (たらし)
   5= 'danGO' (だんご)

   Tenuous wordplay? Yes.
   Fun? Also, yes.
   #Japan

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     Camellia Tea Ceremony (camelliakyoto@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Aug-2026 12:56:01 JST Camellia Tea Ceremony

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     Happy "Owl Day"!🦉🙌

     the horned owl's opinion-
     every day
     is long
     木兎は不断日永と思ふ哉
     -Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1807.
     Trans. David Lanoue.

     #OwlAwarenessDay #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay #owls #フクロウ #Japan #ukiyoe #浮世絵

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     Camellia Tea Ceremony (camelliakyoto@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Aug-2026 12:56:02 JST Camellia Tea Ceremony

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     In its traditional form, mitarashi dango is made up of 5 small rice dumplings...skewered, grilled, and served with a sweet soy sauce glaze.

     Legend has it that the inspiration for the snack came from a miraculous incident involving Emperor Go-Daigo (後醍醐天皇 1288-1339).
     #Kyoto

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     Camellia Tea Ceremony (camelliakyoto@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Aug-2026 12:56:02 JST Camellia Tea Ceremony

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     During one of Go-Daigo's outings to Shimogamo-jinja, 5 bubbles appeared in the water as he purified his hands.

     Interpreted as the human body (五体-head, arms and legs), it was taken as a fortuitous sign.

     The emperor offered 5 rice dumplings (4 big & 1 small) to the shrine gods.

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     What we know as mitarashi dango originated at the Kamo Mitarashi Chaya 'Tea House' (加茂みたらし茶屋), situated to the west of the shrine grounds.

     It became tradition at Shimogamo-jinja to symbolically offer dumplings to the gods before eating them for luck.
     #Kyoto #みたらし茶屋

     Sean Bala repeated this.
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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Aug-2026 05:21:05 JST Rich Felker

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     @camelliakyoto I didn't realize there was a normal, non-superb version.