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Camellia Tea Ceremony

Turns out that it's very handy knowing an iaido master around this time of year😋...

#スイカの日 #watermelonday #スイカ #watermelon #Japan #Kyoto #京都 #居合道 #Iaido

Cultivated for at least 5000 years (they are depicted in Egyptian hieroglyphics), watermelons are 92% water!🍉

Cooling the watermelon in the water basin.

Watermelon on a hot summer's day at the Iaido studio...at a time when it's useful have swords about.

Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · last week

Turns out that it's very handy knowing an iaido master around this time of year😋...

#スイカの日 #watermelonday #スイカ #watermelon #Japan #Kyoto #京都 #居合道 #Iaido

Cultivated for at least 5000 years (they are depicted in Egyptian hieroglyphics), watermelons are 92% water!🍉

Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · last week

In 1978 Ono Tomoyuki (小野友之), a graphic designer, created the 'cube watermelon' (四角スイカ).

Designed to be easier to cut up and better fit in fridges, the cost of producing each fruit (grown to fill a box) makes them 3 or 4 times more expensive than normal watermelons🧊🤔

#watermelon #スイカ #watermelonday

Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · last week

'Watermelon Day' is celebrated on July 27th and, this being Japan, we have a play on words to thank for this date.

The pattern on a watermelon's skin is likened to a rope... 'natsu-no-tsuna' (夏の綱 = な (7) つのつ (2) な (7)) = 'summer rope'😲🍉🫤

#スイカの日 #watermelon #Japan

Jellied sweet in the shape of a watermelon slice.

Woodblock print. A boatsman transporting watermelons is shocked by a man hitting his boat after jumping off a bridge.

Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/ — Woodblock print. A boatsman transporting watermelons is shocked by a man hitting his boat after jumping off a bridge. Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/

Woodblock print of chunks of watermelon cut up for eating.

Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/ — Woodblock print of chunks of watermelon cut up for eating. Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/

Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · last week

Turns out that it's very handy knowing an iaido master around this time of year😋...

#スイカの日 #watermelonday #スイカ #watermelon #Japan #Kyoto #京都 #居合道 #Iaido

Cultivated for at least 5000 years (they are depicted in Egyptian hieroglyphics), watermelons are 92% water!🍉