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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · last month

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🥣RADISH GOBBLING😊

It's time once again to eat up Daihōon-ji's (大報恩寺) blessed daikon for another year of protection against sickness and disease.

temple nuns-
it takes two
yanking the radish
尼達や二人かかって引大根
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1819.
Trans. David G. Lanoue.

#daikondaki #大根だき #Daihoonji #SenbonShakado #Kyoto #京都 #radishes #Japan

Daikon-daki festivals are held around Japan. Guests have a choice of purchasing a bowl of stewed daikon, or buying a whole daikon to take home and cook.

Statue of Hotei enjoying autumn leaves in the grounds of Daihoon-ji.

Blessed daikon at Daihoon-ji. On December 7th and 8th they are consumed to fortify the body at the start of winter.

Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · last month

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On December 7th and 8th about 5000 radishes are cooked and 10,000 meals consumed.

There are many theories about the symbolism of the radish...one suggests the cross-section resembles a mirror, a symbol of enlightenment (December 8th is the date Buddha reached Nirvana).

#Kyoto #SenbonShakadō #千本釈迦堂 #daikon #大根だき #Japan

The Sanskrit character for 'Buddha' is painted on daikon for sale at Daihoon-ji.

A carpet of fallen ginkgo leaves at Daihoon-ji.

A cat almost camouflaged in the grounds of Daihoon-ji.

Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · last month

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The 'Radish Boiling Festival' (大根焚 'Daikon-daki') is particularly popular with older people.
Many take the time to pray to a statue of 'Bokefuji Kannon' (ぼけ封じ観音), a bodhisattva believed to protect against senility.

These photos show the statue of Bokefuji Kannon at Imakumano Kannon-ji (今熊野観音寺).

#BokefujiKannon #senility #dementia #daikondaki #Kyoto #Japan #京都

Small statues left as offerings, prayers that those leaving the gift will be protected from senility, dementia and other diseases commonly found in old age.

Statue of Bokefuji Kannon at Imakumano Kannon-ji.

Statue of Bokefuji Kannon before the Daishi-do at Imakumano Kannon-ji.

Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · last month

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There is a belief that eating kabocha (カボチャ) at the winter solstice helps fortify the body against dementia and palsy, and so it's common to find temples selling protective amulets in the shape of squashes.

#Kyoto #folklore #Japan #dementia #wintersolstice #squash #カボチャ#ImakumanoKannonji