It’s almost time for the fireplay season to begin!

Just a month ago, we were saying how hot it was, but now it’s becoming the season for longing for fire.

1. Cleaning the chimney of the wood stove and bringing firewood to the deck to prepare for winter.
2. Laying stones in a Dutch oven in the garden and making stone-baked sweet potatoes.
3. Boiling snow crabs in an outdoor pot.
4. Making bamboo charcoal for the garden.

We use firewood that has been dried for about two years.

Snow crabs are also a seasonal delicacy from now on.

I went to the firewalking ceremony at Hakkaisan Shrine. It was truly a grand ritual of fireplay.