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  1. 🥁...
    Shiyoyoshiken (塩芳軒) blessed us with not one, but two chrysanthemum-inspired sweets this season...🙌

    'Kikubiyori' (菊日和) is a seasonal word referring to the good weather in autumn when chrysanthemums bloom.
    The sweet is like the softest of marshmallows🥰

    #Japan # #chrysanthemum #wagashi

  2. 🌺THE QUEST FOR ETERNAL YOUTH💦

    Chrysanthemum dew was believed to have age-reversing qualities, and from the end of the 9thC the aristocracy would drape floss-silk on the flowers before Chōyō-no-Sekku.

    The next morning the damp and fragrant cloth was gently wiped on faces.

    #Japan #chrysanthemum # #ChrysanthemumFestival

  3. In the hope of living a long life (and avoiding misfortune) people would drink saké mixed with chrysanthemum petals on the 9th of the 9th.
    The flowers have long been a symbol of immortality.

    chrysanthemum month-
    for every mountain village
    days of saké
    菊月や山里里も供日酒
    -Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶).
    Trans. David Lanoue.

    #haiku #poem #immortality #chrysanthemum # #ChrysanthemumFestival #sake

  4. 🍶THE CHRYSANTHEMUM FESTIVAL💦

    'Chōyō-no-Sekku' (重陽の宴) was 1 of 5 seasonal festivals imported from the mainland and celebrated by the imperial court.

    Held on the 9th day of the 9th month, it became familiarly known as 'Kiku-no-Sekku' (菊の節句), the 'Feast of Chrysanthemums'.

    #Kyoto #京都 #wagashi #和菓子 #Japan #chōyōnosekku #重陽の宴 #chrysanthemumfestival #feastofchrysanthemums # #chrysanthemums