Higan

Last week was higan, a week in autumnal equinox. Tuesday was the holiday called "syu-bun no hi (Autumnal Equinox Day)". I and Ken went to a park and played all day. We saw many cluster amaryllises.



Today I and Ken made "dango" (a sort of rice dumpling). In Japan, people traditionally watch autumn full moon and eat dango. This year, the best full moon night (Juugo-ya) was on Sep 14. Today it is near a new moon, and we had the dango without watching it.