It’s fall, and everyone is battling dry skin. Try making toner from Japan’s well-loved dokudami “heartleaf” herb! Dokudami is a favorite drink of choice for ojiichan-obaachan in Japan thanks to…
Month: October 2021
Kabocha Shiratama–How to Make Pumpkin Rice Cake
It’s almost Jūsanya, so we tried making moon-inspired pumpkin rice cake–with only three ingredients! As we mentioned in our last post, Jūgoya, “the Night of the 15th” or the moon…
October–What Happens and What to Eat
A conference of the gods at Izumo Taisha Shrine, the Night of the 13th, and the Seven Herbs of Autumn–October is here! Month Name–Kannazuki / Kamiarizuki The wafuu meigetsu ((和風名月,…