It may not look like the most festive of treats, but New Year for Nao-san is marked by the arrival of her beloved 'turnips'🥹

She begins 'kabura' (かぶら) season with Nijō Wakasaya (二條若狭屋), Matsuya (松彌), Kameya Shigehisa (亀屋重久) and Kagizen's (鍵善良房) adorable offerings.

How many kabura will she consume this winter?🤔

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Scary Pigs and Phantom Planes: Audio Warfare Through the Ages - Jodi Krangle

During my last episode about sonic tactics, I talked about the different audio strategies that animals have developed for hunting prey and escaping predators, whether they’re orcas using tail slaps to stun schools of fish or moths evading a bat’s sonar with their clicks. As it turns out, some of those strategies are surprisingly similar […]

Jodi Krangle