Japonský rok – Vostrá Denisa (2025)

The Japanese year is about holidays, customs, history, and culture. The Japanese are superstitious and love cherry blossoms, which you probably know. However, in the book, you will also learn a number of lesser-known things – for example, what mikangari is, the festival of mandarin picking, where samurai went in disguise, whether you can wear more than one kimono at a time, and why naphthalene can be smelled everywhere on June 1st and October 1st. Culture and tradition blend charmingly with Japanese myths. Those who address the goddess of love, Benten, may suddenly have five hundred children. Old things should be thanked before being burned. To save a princess, get a dragon drunk on rice wine. Where to place the burdock gobō or the gurnard? In Kantō, the dumplings moči for the New Year's soup zóni are square, while in Kyoto, they are round. And shintō is more about a sensitive perception of the environment and presence than a religion. Before you know it, you are at New Year's Eve ómisoka – for good luck, let yourself be pulled into the new year on the noodle tošikoši soba!