Is there more glue?
Yes!
I need shears.
Here.
What are you making, Sister?
A monkey head for my Sister.
"Kanichi dear."
"Omiya."
This is a costume for The Golden Demon.
And Kanichi's cap.
Momohana, what are you making?
Momoko Sister's Journey to the West costume.
She's dressing up as the monk?
Yes...
February 3rd is the Setsubun festival.
In Kagai, it is celebrated with the obake event.
Costumes are worn like on Halloween. This is to fool demons.
Geiko prepare performances and go from venue to venue
in various disguises entertaining customers.
Some of the performances are existing ones,
but others are originals made with help from maiko after their daytime work.
The girls stay up working without sleep.
Oh no, Sister's lost it!
Sister, you're painting the table!
Huh?
Glue
Would you like a drink?
Aah! Stop, Sister!
Sister, get a grip!
We won't finish in time like this.
We need a change of pace.
I’ll get juice or a snack.
The fridge!
No juice!
Not even snacks...
There's nothing. What can I do?
What's the matter?
Kiyo!
I'll use these now instead of for breakfast.
Kiyo!
I didn't realize how tired I was...
Okay, let's do it!
Midnight Snack Hot Dog Crispy sausage with tender cabbage. Add cheese for a filling snack.
Great!
Someone, grab it!
Please settle down! Have a snack.
I'm so glad we finished Sisters' costumes.
Thanks to your snack.
I'll finish mine on my own.
Let’s share one for extra effort.
Mm.
Okay!
Yeah!
Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House
Sumire
And Kiyo's
Dish of the Day
Everyone worked late into the night...
so I prepared easy-to-make, satisfying hot dogs.
Even heartier topped with cheese.
The best snack for an extra boost.
Small ones can be eaten without a plate.
You can eat them while working.
Why is bread in this shape called a hot dog?
What's dog-like about it?
It says here, "The most famous theory is that..."
"the sausage's brown, long and thin shape looks like a dachshund."
"The name 'dachshund sausage' came to be 'hot dog'."
The dachshund sausage was piping hot, so now it’s called a hot dog.
Clever.
There is an urban legend explaining how the name evolved.
"A newspaper illustrator tried to describe a dachshund sausage..."
"by drawing a bun in the form of a dachshund."
"Stuck on how to spell 'dachshund'..."
"the drawing was labeled 'hot dog'."
"This became a topic of conversation, and the name hot dog became popular."
Forgetting how it’s spelled led to the hot dog.
So interesting!
"Incidentally, it's not clear if this urban legend is actually true."
Aren't there local specialty hot dogs at American baseball stadiums?
What do baseball stadiums have to do with hot dogs?
"Watching baseball while eating a hot dog is common in America."
"So, baseball stadiums came up with specialty hot dogs."
Hot dogs and watching baseball are inextricable in America.
It says here there's a Japanese-style hot dog shop in Canada.
How is it different from others?
"They have a hot dog with dried seaweed and grated daikon radish."
"And another with stir-fried noodles."
"Some even replace the sausage with pork cutlet or shrimp tempura."
Without a sausage, can it even be called a hot dog?
Chapter 29 Bean-Throwing for Everyone
Kiyo! Bean-throwing time!
Did you buy beans?
Of course, they're ready.
Here.
Thanks, Kiyo.
You don't miss anything.
Mm, let's see.
Peanuts in shell
Huh? Why peanuts and not soybeans?
We throw peanuts back home.
From Aomori From Fukushima
From Yokohama
No way!
From Chiba
Chiba is known for peanuts, but we throw soybeans.
Setsubun beans can be peanuts or soybeans, depending on the region.
How do we count these to eat as many as our age?
Two in one pod.
These won't hurt enough to make the demons flee.
Hm.
I wonder.
Ouch!
What are you doing, Sister?
Sorry, I wanted to see if it hurt.
Let me check, too.
I'll get you for acting demon-like!
Ouch! I said sorry, you demon!
Ow, please stop!
Demons out!
Fortune in!
Note: Mother
Go have your hair fixed now!
Yes!
Demons...
out.
What?
Nothing.
We're leaving now!
Goodness, they make such a mess every year.
These large ones are easy to pick up.
Why peanuts?
Mother, no bean-throwing for you?
Not me.
I'm the demon that keeps the peace in this house.
Oh, a peanut here.
And over here!
Demons out!
Fortune in!
Demons out!
Fortune in!
Demons out!
Fortune in!
Demons out!
Fortune in!
Grandma, no more.
Now let's pick them up. You start inside.
Let's see.
Kiyo, you threw them so close to the house.
Yeah.
They were easy to pick up, thanks.
Oh?
Brown sugar Miso
Great!
Peanut Kamasumochi Aomori’s walnut mochi made with peanut and sweet miso instead. Careful: soft paste squirts out as you bite.
I can throw with all my might now.
Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House
Sumire
And Kiyo's
Dish of the Day
Today's dish is Aomori's specialty, kamasumochi.
"Flour, not rice, is the main ingredient in this mochi snack."
"Rice mochi is eaten on celebratory occasions like New Year's."
"Flour-based kamasumochi is an everyday snack."
"The outer layer is folded like a dumpling."
"It's named after straw-woven grain bags called kamasu."
"It has a completely different name in Iwate."
"The flint-like shape..."
"called hiuchi, became hyuzu in Iwate dialect."
It's typical for the same dish to have different regional names.
"This snack is also known as kinkamochi, bahorimochi, mimikkomochi."
Why those names?
"In the past, sugar could only be bought with kinka gold."
"Bahori is a woven farming hat shaped like the snack."
"Mimikko comes from the word for ear which also has a similar shape."
For Setsubun, I made peanut paste instead of walnut.
Peanut kamasumochi!
A different flavor from walnuts, but tasty in its own way.
The delicious, sweet paste flows into your mouth with the first bite.
The flavor of walnuts, brown sugar and salty-sweet miso is perfect.
Often the soft paste squirts out onto your clothing and hands.
When it happens, you end up with sticky clothes.
There's good and bad to soft paste.
"Kamasumochi was often eaten during farming breaks."
A post-work snack must be extra satisfying.
The joy of labor.
Chapter 30 A Refreshing Drink
Today is Setsubun festival.
Maiko performed dance offerings and bean-throwing at Kyoto's shrines.
I'm exhausted from dancing and throwing beans all day.
Special days are tiring in a different way than usual.
I'm home.
Hello, Sister.
Can you move over?
I don't think I can stand up again.
Me, neither.
You’re back?
We're back...
Wait, no!
We still have to entertain!
And help our Sisters!
Oh no!
I can't...
Can’t stand up.
My mind and body feel disconnected.
This is no way to be!
Hot Lemonade Sourness of lemons and sweetness of honey. Extra refreshing with lemon slices.
Please, enjoy.
Thanks.
So sour!
Oh, we're standing.
I'm home.
Careful, Momohana!
No sitting, stay standing!
Don't give in.
You won't stand up again.
Thank you.
Excuse me.
See you later.
Only Momohana.
Same as always.
On the day of Setsubun, geiko go to many different venues,
entertaining and performing in costume for the obake event.
Maiko sometimes help their older geiko Sisters.
Good evening, Mother.
Momoko, good evening. The customers will arrive soon.
I'll come in then.
Momoko Sister, I'll help you get ready.
Momohana, you...
Yes?
Your hair pin is tilted.
You're prettier relaxed.
I don't get Momoko Sister sometimes.
Um, props, good.
Music...
Huh!? No cassette tape!
Oh no! We can't perform without it!
Momohana, may I?
Mother! I've done something...
The little girl from the House brought this.
And this flask.
This...
What was that little girl’s name?
What did she say it was...
Lemon power infusion!
It's Kiyo.
Yes, yes. Good job, Monkey King.
So sour!
Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House
Sumire
And Kiyo's
Dish of the Day
I can never use up lemons that I buy.
I store them in the fridge, but some eventually go to waste.
What can I do with extra lemons?
I recommend preserving them in sugar.
It turns into lemon syrup that you can mix with water to make lemonade.
Add to warm water for hot lemonade.
Or soda water to make lemon squash.
Preserved lemons are tasty as is.
They're useful to have on hand, for sweets and cooking.
Mixing with water to make lemonade sounds great.
But, how do I make sugar-preserved lemons?
It's easy.
Cut lemon slices and put them in a jar alternately with sugar.
In a few days, the liquid from the lemons and sugar will become syrup.
That sounds so easy even I could try.
There's another way to make lemonade without the syrup.
I'll show you how I made it today.
Just mix lemon juice and sugar or honey, with water.
That's just lemon water with sugar!
I never knew making lemonade is so easy.
"So easy that children abroad have been known to sell it at lemonade stands..."
"to make some money."
Really? It's great that it's so simple.
Enjoying homemade lemonade sounds nice.
A Meal Request Maiko Sisters Giving Their All Kiyo, Same as Always
Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House
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Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House