Kuri Gohan / Autumnal Equinox Day

September 23, it's Autumnal Equinox Day today and Japanese national holiday.

My tennis friend, Mr. Kobayashi gave me dozens of chestnuts the day before yesterday.
So, I cooked Kuri Gohan or 'boiled rice with chestnuts' with my wife Kiyono.

I had bought peeled chestnuts when I cooked Kuri Gohan last time. But this time, chestnuts wore hard skin.
Though it took longer time for preparing or peeling chestnuts' skin, cooking delicious food was fun to me.

My family members all enjoyed the beginning of the autumn season by eating autumn delight.

The recipe of Kuri Gohan

Peel the chestnuts.

Cut some vegetables.

Rinse four cups of rice.

Put them into a rice cooker with water.

Put some soy sauce, sugar and one spoon of liquor.

Turn the cooker's switch ON.

Wait for about an hour.

Then, yummy Kuri Gohan will be ready.

Today is Autumn Equinox Day in Japan

It’s Autumn Equinox Day today. Autumn Equinox Day falls on around September 23 and is a national holiday.
Memorial services take place at temples and people make visits to graves to comfort the spirits of their ancestors. Especially, Japanese elder generation perform the ceremony on the holiday.

It has been cooler in Utunomiya since a week ago. The morning glory flowers on my balcony keep their shapes till the evening.



I had nothing special to do today, so I just relaxed and took some pictures of the flowers at home.