Moon Dumpling with Zunda ずんだ入りお月見だんご

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Aki 秋is now staying here and waiting to get colder so that it can turn the leaves into orange, yellow and red.

Autumn already changed the color of the rice plant to brown, letting us harvest the rice grains.

There are two days that are equivalent to Thanksgiving Day in Japan.  One is “Kinroh-Kansha no Hi勤労感謝の日” on November 23 and the other is “Tokanya十日夜” on November 14. 

Those are the days to give thanks to the harvests and the other blessings.

But unfortunately many people are not aware of those events and just take it as one of the national holidays for the first one, and as for the latter one, even do not know there’s such a traditional event.

(Take a look at my previous post to know more about”Kinroh-Kansha no Hi 勤労感謝の日)

 “Tokanya十日夜” is also considered the third Moon Viewing Day of the year, which is October 10 in Lunar calendar. (November 14th in the current calendar.) 

There are three Moon Viewing Day in Japan though the second and the last ones are not practiced in most of the regions nowadays (even the first one is often forgotten).  
The first one is the 15^th of August, the second one is 13^th of September and the last one is 10^th of October, all dates are of the lunar calendar.  

Therefore “Tokanya十日夜” is actually Thanksgiving Day and also Moon Viewing Day. 

If you missed to view the moon on September 21 and October18 (of the current calendar), why not look up the moon on November 14 and send your gratitude for what you have and also make a wish upon the moon? 

You can also dedicate “Otsukimidango/Glutinous rice dumplings” to the moon following the recipe that I am sharing with you today. 

The dumplings should be dedicated to the moon first, but if you are not patient enough, you are allowed to eat them straight away!

(You can know more about Moon Viewing Day in my previous post )

 If you found today’s otsukimi dango/moon dumpling is not so easy to make after reading the recipe, maybe you can try the easy version to make is with pumpkin that I introduced in above link.

Enjoy moon dumpling making with your family or friends!

 

 

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