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Ohagi, known as botamochi during the spring, is a traditional Japanese sweet enjoyed during Higan and on Autumnal Equinox Day 🍂. It is a glutinous rice ball made with coarsed mashed rice and coated in rough or smooth anko (red bean paste). It is named after the autumn flower hagi (bush clover). It is eaten as sacred food as offering during spring and autumn higan in Japan.

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From late autumn to early spring, fog can fill the basin surrounding Miyoshi, Hiroshima, creating a “sea of fog” between the mountains.

Head to the observation deck on Mt. Takatani before sunrise and watch as the first light of day spreads across the fog below. 🌅

Located just 15 minutes by car from central Miyoshi, this is a favorite spot for local photographers—and one of the city’s most beautiful seasonal sights.

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09/27/2026

Today is Autumnal Equinox Day (秋分の日, Shūbun no Hi) in Japan, a public holiday for the first day of fall. 🍂 People will reconnect with their families by visiting graves of ancestors (as it coincides with Higan) or visiting shrines and temples. It’s also a great time to enjoy outdoor activities in the fall weather. 🍁

Have you ever visited Japan during the fall?

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Tsukimi (月見), the Japanese harvest moon viewing festival, begins today. 🎑 Tsukimi, similar to the Mid-Autumn Festival, honours the harvest moon and goes back centuries to the Heian era (794-1185). It starts on the 15th day of the eighth month of the traditional Japanese calendar. 🌕 Traditions include displaying decorations made from Japanese pampas grass, eating tsukimi dango 🍡 and displaying seasonal offerings to the moon (sweet potatoes for the full moon 🥔, chestnuts or beans for the waxing moon).

Did you know about tsukimi traditions?

📷: “A Woman and a Man Arranging Flowers for the Tsukimi (Moon Festival)” by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1802 (Public Domain, The Met)

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