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This rather wonderful looking dish is 'jabara konbu' (蛇腹昆布). Kelp (昆布 'konbu') is braided into a shape known as 'jabara' and then fried.

'Jabara' (昆布) can be translated as "snake's belly", and is used to describe things like the bellows of an accordion.

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Jabara is a shape or pattern likened to an accordion or the belly of a snake.

Jabara konbu...dried kelp braided into a shape likened to the belly of a snake.

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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · 9 months ago

Tōrin-in celebrates Koshōgatsu during the 2nd half of January (小豆粥で初春を祝う会).

Guests are first served 'fuku-cha' (福茶), a tea made with the year's first drawn water.
Plums, resistant to the cold and a symbol of longevity, are eaten to cleanse the mouth and dispel any 'evil'.

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A selection of dried fruits and traditional sweets served with fuku-cha.

Torin-in's well-known pine grows in the courtyard garden...it is likened to a flying dragon.

Fuku-cha...a tea made from the first drawn well water of the year and plums. The plum is used to cleanse the mouth and 'dispel' any evil.

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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 9 months ago

For most communities the New Year began with the first full moon of the first month.

It was customary to eat 'azuki-gayu' (小豆粥), a rice gruel mixed with red adzuki beans, for health and to exorcise evil spirits.
Red was considered a protective colour, especially against disease.

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Torin-in is typically closed to the public and is a functioning temple, meaning most of the food is prepared by the monks that live and work here.

The front garden of Torin-in, sprinkled with snow.

Azuki-gayu, a gruel of rice mixed with red beans.

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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 9 months ago

🌾LITTLE NEW YEAR🙏

Before the New Year celebrations wrap up, there is one more observance to be made on January 15th.

Tōrin-in preserves the tradition of 'Koshōgatsu' (小正月 'Little New Year'), a once-popular ritual in rural areas, where people would pray for good harvests.

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