Wednesday, January 7, 2015

2015.1.7

It was cloudy in the morning but became fine in the afternoon.

Today was the first working day of this year.  The trains were delayed for both ways.

January 7 is known as nanakusa (七草), seven herbs.  Since we eat a lot during new year days, we should take care of our stomach after a week.  So we eat nanakusa gayu (七草がゆ),  rice gruel with seven herbs.  They are namely: seri (せり: Water dropwort), nazuna (なずな: Shepherd's purse), gogyo (ごぎょう: Cudweed), hakobera (はこべら : Chickweed), suzuna (すずな: Turnip), and suzushiro (すずしろ: Radish).

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