Japanese Moon Celebration

The Group met this Thursday evening to celibrate the autumn moon, Japanese-style. The Mid-Autumn Festival is named Tsukimi (月見) or Otsukimi (literally means moon-viewing) in Japan. Celebrations of the festival take place on the 15th day of the eight month of the traditional Japanese calendar, which equates to September in the modern Solar calender, so maybe we were just a little early. It was a full moon, though, and we did do the moon-viewing.

We ate sushi, drank green tea, stood and gazed at the full moon and some of us even dressed for the occasion, too. It was all very civilised.

We will be running the 2016 Roding's Rally in a few months time. Some of us will be camped out in Epping Forest waiting for the 200 hundred-plus competitors to find our check points. All very different, but the moon will be just as beautiful and the company just as good.

Cliff Hendon, 19th August 2016