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| january [12.01.2026:0908] – aequivinius | january [13.04.2026:1531] (current) – aequivinius |
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| ===Personal to-dos=== | ===Personal to-dos=== |
| * <todo>Prepare the 大炉 this year!</todo> | * <todo #aequivinius:2026-03-12>Prepare the 大炉 this year!</todo> |
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| ===Tea Rites=== | ===Tea Rites=== |
| | * [[dango|まゆ団子]] on the 14.1. |
| * Winter solstice is on the 21 / 23 XII, so astrologically, it is already spring and the days get longer. Yet, the great cold, {{ruby|大寒|だいかん}}, usually around the 22 I, is still ahead. | * Winter solstice is on the 21 / 23 XII, so astrologically, it is already spring and the days get longer. Yet, the great cold, {{ruby|大寒|だいかん}}, usually around the 22 I, is still ahead. |
| * On New Year's Day, {{ruby|井華水|せいかすい}} or {{ruby|若水|わか みず}}, which is water drawn between 0200 and 0400 (the hour of the tiger) and is considered especially pure, is drawn. This then is used to make {{ruby|大福茶|おおぶくちゃ}}, which is tied to happiness and long life and is a mix of 煎茶, 昆布 and dried plum. 小山園 and 上林 also have 抹茶 with that name. | * On New Year's Day, {{ruby|井華水|せいかすい}} or {{ruby|若水|わか みず}}, which is water drawn between 0200 and 0400 (the hour of the tiger) and is considered especially pure, is drawn. This then is used to make {{ruby|大福茶|おおぶくちゃ}}, which is tied to happiness and long life and is a mix of 煎茶, 昆布 and dried plum. 小山園 and 上林 also have 抹茶 with that name. |
| - Bashō | - Bashō |
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| ===和菓子=== | |
| * 主菓子 of course is 花弁餅 (see [[http://konny.fc2web.com/info/recipe_hanabira_e.html|here]] and [[http://www.dengonnet.net/japaneserestaurantguide/recipes/hanabira-mochi-from-kyoto/|there]] | |
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| * 淡交テキスト recommends [[january_sweets_dump|these]] | |
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| * 干菓子 could be 若松 (young pine) sweets. Young pine trees symbolize the hopes for the new year. For these sweets, the impression of a pine branch is stamped on soft rice crackers, which are then stacked, with miso placed between each layer. | |
| * No-shimusubi (gift knot) sweets. At New Year's, gifts of money are often wrapped in strips of paper. These sweets, similar to ribbon candy served in the West, are made of strips of sugar cake that have been dyed red and white, the traditional congratulatory colors in Japan, and tied in knots before they harden. | |
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| ===花=== | ===花=== |