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A nighttime scene of Kyoto during the Kyoto Moon Festival. The moon is bright the sky is dark blue, and the machiya townhouses are red.

The Legend of the Kyoto Moon Festival

November 30, 2022

Every year, in Kyoto, they celebrate tsukimi. Though Kyoto is very much a modern place, it has retained a great amount of its pastoral charm.

A bowl of seasoned tsukimi soba which is buckwheat noodles with egg on top, usually eaten to celebrate the moon-viewing season.

Traditional Tsukimi Foods: The Most Popular Japanese Moon-Viewing Foods

August 30, 2022

Let’s explore the traditional tsukimi food that are eaten and offered to the moon during the midsummer festival.