Yuzu bath / Winter solstice / Japanese culture
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Today is winter solstice.It is called Touji in Japan.
Japanese people take a Yuzu bath and eat pumpkin dishes for health.
2014 was special Sakutan-Touji.
It means winter solstice and new moon day occurs at the same day.
At zoo,Capybara also enjoy Yuzu bath.
Japanese people love Yuzu.
It is like a lemon,but milder scent than lemon.
There are so many Yuzu recipes in Japan.
In ancient time,people thought that winter solstice is death of the Sun
and cerebrated new Sun after winter solstice.
It was a largest happiest event all over the world
because people's most important thing was agriculture.
People already knew that the Sun is essential.
It is a same thing in the present time.
We can live without iphone or TV but
food,the Earth,and the Sun are most important.
We Japanese cerebrate after winter solstice every year.
Because December 23rd is current Emperor's Birth day.