Equinox and Sweets

Unfortunately, I missed to post this topic 

last month, then it already seems an obsolete topic but let me post.

From September 19th to 25th in this year, Japanese people call this period "Ohigan or Higan", meaning the other side of the ocean dividing alive and death.  According to Buddhism, it is said that we may easily communicate to our ancestors or those who had passed away during this period.

Japanese Ryokan and Foods there

I stayed one night at Japanese traditional hotel, so called "Ryokan".
It locates along the beach and it has "Roten Furo"(a open-air hot spring water bath) on the roof with nice ocean view.
( Actually, it is the gulf view; Mikawa gulf is rich with many sea creatures and we enjoyed a lot of seafood in dinner.

The dinner is typical "Ryokan" cuisine, a soy source based boiled snapper, a grilled shrimp, slices of abalone, octopus and vegetable pot, snapper rice, etc. including a dessert dish.

Snapper rice is the picture below; topping sesame, wasabi and dried sea lettuce, then pouring the special soup for snapper rice.

The breakfast is also typical Japanese style: a bowl of miso soup, porched egg, marinated vegetables, dried fish and some salad.