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By Setsuko Yoshizuka, About.com Guide to Japanese Food since 2000

Eating Ohagi on Autumn Equinox

Friday September 14, 2007
japanese ohagi September 23 is called Shubunnohi (the autumn equinox) in Japan and is a Japanese national holiday. It's also during higan period when people pray the souls of their ancestors. It's a custom to make ohagi (sweet rice balls) during higan. Hagi indicates an autumn flower, hagi (bush clover).
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