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🍊THE WINTER SOLSTICE🍃

Today is 'Tōji' (冬至), the Winter Solstice. On this day we traditionally enjoy 'yuzu-yu' (柚子湯), a bath steeped in yuzu🍊☺️♨️

#Japan #Kyoto #tōji' #冬至 #wintersolstice #yuzuyu #柚子湯

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In order to ward off evil and welcome in good fortune for the new year, since Edo times it has been a tradition to take a yuzu-yu on the Winter Solstice...possibly because the words for 'winter solstice' (冬至) and 'hot-spring cure' (湯治) can both be read as 'tōji'.
#Japan #京都
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So what's with all the capybara?

In 1982 a keeper at Izu Shoboten Zoo (伊豆シャボテン動物公園) in Shizuoka noticed the capybara would huddle in warm puddles, and was inspired to give them a yuzu bath...a tradition that has now spread to other zoos across Japan.
#solstice #Japan

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Here's the Izu Shoboten Zoo (伊豆シャボテン動物公園) website⬇️
https://izushaboten.com/lang/index.html

Their YouTube channel, for more capybara goodness⬇️
https://youtube.com/channel/UCvn5Rh1KkETTRc7v0yeQegw

https://youtube.com/watch?v=pG-DqEtAmDU

#伊豆シャボテン動物公園 #Japan #capybara #yuzu #柚子湯 #カピバラ

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Supermarkets and grocery stores often sell packets of yuzu for preparing special baths at this time of year.

#yuzu #WinterSolstice #yuzuyu #capybara #bath

Show threadJoachim ZiebsDec 22
@camelliakyoto Visited the zoo this year. Feeding the capabaras was awesome!