Camellia Tea Ceremony

🧊KAKIGŌRI🍧

One summer treat Kyōtoites cannot do without is 'kakigōri' (かき氷), a shaved-ice dessert covered in all kinds of deliciousness.

The first reference we have to kakigōri in Japan is in Chapter 42 of Sei Shōnagon's (清少納言 966-1017) 'The Pillow Book' (枕草子).

Shōnagon describes a dessert created by scraping ice shavings with a metal knife into a metal bowl. It was flavoured with the sweet sap of arrowroot (葛 'kuzu vine')...not so different from today's kakigōri!
#Japan #kakigori #かき氷 #Kyoto

Jul 26, 2023 at 5:13amWeb
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July 25th is 'Kakigōri-no-hi' (かき氷の日 'Shaved Ice Day') in Japan🥵🍧🎉

The Kakigōri Association selected this date as it's a neat play on words...

7/25🟰'na' (7) 'tsu' (2) 'go' (5) ri
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natsu gōri (夏氷 'summer kakigōri')
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There is one other reason the date is important.
On June 25th 1933 Yamagata City recorded a high of 40.8 degrees (thanks to the Foehn Effect), astonishing the country at the time.

Nowadays this type of temperature is becoming all too common during the summer🥹

#かき氷の日 #Japan

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