The Bibulous Gods
October 5th 2007 I have eaten my fair share of rice since coming to Japan. It has become my staple dish and a day rarely passes when I don’t have it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I have become so accustomed to it that a meal wouldn’t feel complete without an overflowing “yama-bori”, or mountain-bowl, of rice.
Every year, in the end of September to early October, a festival called Aki Matsuri, or the F
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