Vernal Equinoctial Week
(Haru-no Higan / 春の彼岸)

Vernal Equinoctial Week is from March 18th (Fri) to March 24th (The), 2022.

Higan is the period of three days before and after the Vernal Equinox Day (March 21st in 2022). It becomes warmer around this period.

Higan (彼岸)” means another world. It originally meant spiritual enlightenment in Buddhism, but “Higan” as a custom is traditionally specific to Japan. People visit their ancestors’ graves and put rice cakes covered with bean jam, dumplings and other things on their household shrines.

The photo below is the rice cakes covered with bean jam (bota-mochi).

 


Their name changes depending on the season, and they are named after a seasonal flower.

It is called “bota-mochi (ぼたもち)” around the Vernal Equinox because it is the peony flower (Botan / 牡丹) season.

Around the Autumn Equinox, It is called “Ohagi (おはぎ)”, because it is the bush clover (Hagi / 萩) season.

 

 

 

 

 

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