Autumn Appetite

There are lots of delicious foods in Japan in autumn: fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, fish and

new harvest rice. People often say "autumn appetite." Bon Appétit！©Motoko Shimizu

Tsukimi(Moon Viewing)

The full moon around the middle of the eighth month of the lunar calendar was called the mid-autumn moon(9/19 this year), and it became a custom to arrange Tsukimi (Moon Viewing) parties to appreciate its beauty. Houses are decorated with pampas grass and dumplings are made and offered to the moon together with samples of crops from the autumn harvest.
© Motoko Shimizu

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