Moon viewing dumplings

We have dumplings to view a full moon on the day of harvest moon in Japan. The reason why we eat dumplings at that time is that we thank for a good harvest. Moon viewing dumplings are made from rice flour which is harvested this year. The night of the 15th day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar, when a full moon beautifully appears is called “Chushu”, so a full moon on the day is called “Chushu no Meigetsu”.

Moon viewing dumplings are usually made from only the rice flour. But in some regions, there are a lot of different kinds of dumplings. For example, moon viewing dumplings are rolled with red bean paste in Osaka.

The “Chushu” was a week ago this year. I eat dumplings then naturally.