@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social
2026-07-28 00:58 UTC
🐍🥵DOGS DAYS & EELS😋⛱️
The hairdryer heat, the constant whir of insects, the lack of shade...everything at this time of year feels exhausting.
The dog days of summer are here.
today too, heat
and tomorrow, more heat?
house in the trees
けふもけふも翌もあついか薮の家
-Kobayashi Issa.
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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social 2026-07-28 01:32
To combat the heat it is customary to eat eel on 'doyō ushi-no-hi' (土用丑の日 'midsummer day of the ox' - July 26th this year). Narumi-mochi Honten's (鳴海餅本店) 'unagi-manju' (うなぎ万寿) is an adorable alternative to gobbling up real Japanese eel (an endangered species). #Japan