@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social
2026-07-27 08:28 UTC
But was does the Otowa-no-taki (音羽の滝) have to do with watermelons?
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#Kyoto #京都 #スイカの日 #watermelonday #Japan
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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social 2026-07-27 08:36
In the Heian period water was collected for the steam baths below Kiyomizu-dera, where the aristocracy purified themselves before praying at the temple. In Edo times local noodle makers and watermelon farmers used the waters in order to sell their products as 'sickness prevention'.