Thread by @camelliakyoto

💸MARKET DAYS & MOUTH-WATERING MORSELS😋

evening gloom-
a fawn's spots
on the lily
夕闇やかのこ斑のゆりの花
-Issa (小林一茶), 1812.

Seiyō-san's (青洋) latest creation is a beautiful, lily-inspired sweet called 'sōryō' (爽涼), which simply means 'refreshing cool'.
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The slightly watercolour quality of the sweet brings to mind Claude Monet's (1840–1926) 'Water Lilies'. Astonishingly, many of these paintings were created while Monet suffered from cataracts!

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After a long hiatus the city's monthly markets are making a return in time for the summer holidays.
Kitano Tenmangū's (北野天満宮) 'Tenjin-san' (天神さん) is held on the 25th of each month. Hundreds of stalls surround the shrine, selling everything from antiques to vegetables😊

Nao-san snagged herself a few treasures, including this unusual looking fan. 'Chidori-uchiwa' (千鳥うちわ) are named after the 'plover' (千鳥), a popular Kyōto motif. Originally used at court during the Nanboku-chō period (南北朝時代), by Edo times the fan was in common use.

Despite the oven-like heat, there is something irresistible about street food.
Takoyaki (たこ焼き) is a staple of festivals and markets. Diced octopus, tempura scraps, pickled ginger & green onions are baked in batter, formed into balls, and served with sauce, mayo & garnish😋

Each month a handful of temples & shrines across the city hold flea/handicraft markets and antique fairs.
Of these Tō-ji's 'Kōbō-san' (named after Kōbō Daishi 弘法大師 774-835) & Kitano Tenmangū's 'Tenjin-san' (named after Sugawara-no-Michizane 菅原道真 845-903) are the largest.

Monthly Markets📆

📿1st Sunday- 'Garakuta-ichi' (がらくた市-antiques) Tō-ji.
📿15th- 'Tezukuri-ichi' (手づくり市-handicrafts) Hyakumanben Chion-ji.
📿21st- 'Kōbō-san' (弘法さん) Tō-ji.
⛩️25th- 'Tenjin-san' (天神さん) Kitano Tenmangū.
⛩️4th Sunday- 'Tezukuri-ichi' Kamigamo-jinja.

Aside from the more famous markets, smaller fairs are held regularly.
📢this is a rough guide🚨

🏞️Regular- Okazaki Park Market (岡崎公園)
⛩️8th- 'Omoshiro-ichi' (おもしろ市) Toyokuni-jinja (豊国神社)-flea
📿12th- Myōren-ji (妙蓮寺)-flea
⛩️18th- Toyokuni-jinja (豊国神社)-flea

The most important markets of the year fall just before and just after the New Year.
The January markets at Tō-ji and Kitano Tenmangū are known as 'Hatsu Kōbō' (初弘法) and 'Hatsu Tenjin' (初天神).
'Hatsu' (初) means 'first'. You hear this word a lot around the New Year.
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