#Kanpyo

[touhou-music-twice-a-week]

Title: Fairy Wars - StarSapphire Remix

Arrangement: 干瓢碁 (Kanpyo)

Collection: 東方シリーズその他

Original Theme: Great Fairy Wars ~ Fairy Wars

[sushioverload]

This is my 7th try at making sushi, and I'm finally satisfied with the result. Mowi salmon, haas avocado and kanpyo

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🍥 [I ATE] HANAMI SUSHI - Salmon, Tuna, Yellowtail, kanpyo & Tobiko. In a crispy tempura batter. Mouth...watering....again....

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[spicykaraage]

Tenipuri Complete Character Profile - Takashi Kawamura

[PROFILE]

Birthday: November 18th (Scorpio)

Blood Type: A

Relatives: Father, Mother, Younger Sister

Father’s Occupation: Self-Employed (sushi shop)

Elementary School: Saitama Fourth Elementary School

Middle School: Seishun Academy Junior High School

Grade & Class: Third Year | Class 3-4 | Seat 5

Club: Tennis Club (Regular)

Committee: Beautification Committee

Strong Subjects: Math

Weak Subjects: World History

Frequently Visited Spot at School: Rooftop

Favorite Motto: “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.”

Daily Routines: Helping prepare the sushi shop, cleaning up after dinner service

Hobbies: Monopoly [removed], sharpening knives (for training), preparing rice for sushi [TP]

Favorite Color: Light Blue

Favorite Music: Tokyo Ondo songs

Favorite Movie: Action films

Favorite Book: Cookbooks

Favorite Food: Matsutake dobin mushi, fresh ikuradon, braised alfonsino [TP]

Favorite Anniversary: New Year’s Day

Preferred Type: A nice girl with good style (he also likes slender figures) ➜ A strong-willed person [TP]

Ideal Date Spot: Shopping mall ➜ A seafood market [23.5]

His Gift for a Special Person: “I hope you’ll get to eat sushi made by me someday.”

Where He Wants to Travel: He’d love to see the sunrise on Mount Fuji

What He Wants Most Right Now: His own knife set

Dislikes: Heights ➜ Ferris wheels, rollercoasters [TP]

Skills Outside of Tennis: Preparing kanpyo, making sushi rolls [23.5]

Spends Allowance On: Eating and studying sushi

Routine During the World Cup: Testing his California rolls

[DATA]

Height: 180cm

Weight: 65kg ➜ 70kg [23.5]

Shoe Size: 27.5cm

Dominant Arm: Right

Vision: 1.5 Left | 1.2 Right

Play Style: Aggressive Baseliner

Signature Moves: Burning Serve (when he changes), Hadoukyuu, One-Handed Hadoukyuu, Dash Hadoukyuu, 108th Level Hadoukyuu

Muscle Mass: 40kg

Years of Karate Experience: 6 years

Favorite Brands:

Racket: DUNLOP (RIMBREED XL)

Shoes: ASICS (GELSTROKE)

Fitness Test Results:

Sidesteps: 54

Shuttle Run: 101

Back Strength: 155kg

Grip Strength: 60.5kg

Backbend: 67cm

Seated Forward Bend: 50.6cm

50m Run: 7.25 seconds

Standing Long Jump: 196cm

Handball Throw: 52m

Endurance Run (1500m): 5:01

Overall Rating: Speed: 2 / Power: 5 / Stamina: 3 / Mental: 3 / Technique: 2 / Total: 15

Kurobe Memo: “In all sense of the term, he is a straightforward player. Stubbornness can sometimes be a good weapon, but it can also hinder him from reaching the top. If only he were more willing to be flexible with tennis…” [RB]

[POSSESSIONS]

What’s in His Bedroom [10.5]:

Monopoly board game // The English language version he bought at a flea market when he was in elementary school, he gets fired up playing it with the other Seigaku members. The name “Shuusuke” is written on the back of it…

Kawamura Sushi curtains // Curtains made by his mother from reusing the sushi shop curtains

Game consoles // Two game consoles (a Sega Dreamcast and Sony PlayStation 1) he purchased a while back, he has a lot of games he can play with others

Chabudai (low tea table) // An antique low tea table that’s been passed down his family from father to son for two generations. He also uses it as a study desk

Zabuton (floor cushions) // A stack of seven floor cushions for when there’s company. He has four more kept in his closet

Karate gi // The karate gi he wore when he was in elementary school. He has not worn it since joining the tennis club

School uniforms // He hangs them on the wall when he comes home from school to prevent wrinkling

What’s in His Bag [10.5]:

Karate book // A remnant of his karate days. He occasionally reads it and reminisces

Tenugui handkerchief // From Kawamura Sushi, he uses it instead of an actual handkerchief

Weekly Shounen Jump // An issue of Weekly Shounen Jump with The Prince of Tennis on the cover. He buys it at a nearby store every Tuesday, and takes turns reading it with his classmates

Pen case

English learning materials // He studies English on his days off. So he’s actually not good at English…?

Furoshiki cloth // A furoshiki wrapping cloth he keeps just in case

Nutritional drink // Yunker brand. He drinks it after reverting from his Burning state to restore energy

Hand grippers // 200kg grippers

[TRIVIA]

The Prince of Tennis 10.5 Fanbook | Publication Date: 11/02/2001

He has two states: his normal state, and his aggressive Burning state he enters when holding a racquet. In his normal state, he is described as being kind and gentle

He likes to invite his friends over to his house to play Monopoly or other games. He also tends to enter his Burning state while playing Monopoly

He developed his Burning state from his father

Konomi came up with his “burning” catchphrase since the phrase was popular at the time and to imply that Kawamura knows little English

He used to attend karate classes, but stopped after starting tennis. He was considered a formidable fighter, but would get too nervous during matches and was unable to yield results

Konomi was inspired to have him change into his Burning state from cases of feeble-minded people driving violently once they’re behind the wheel of a car

He and Fuji are doubles partners since they are the only two in Seigaku besides Oishi and Kikumaru that have the disposition to help each other in doubles matches

He is close with Akutsu’s mother, Yuuki

He states him shouting “burning” has no meaning

He states he does not know why his personality changes when he holds a racquet

When asked if his normal or Burning state is his true personality, he responds that both of them are

He is a fan of Lupin III and has nicknamed Fuji “Fujiko” after Fujiko Mine, the heroine of the series

When asked if he’s going to take over his father’s sushi shop, he states that he hasn’t thought about it

He is aware of his actions when he’s in his Burning state

His personality is described as someone who should understand their other side more to let their charms blossom

Konomi describes him as a “character you won’t dislike.” He wanted to have a player with a dual personality and with Kawamura being the last member he created, he wanted him to be someone no one would dislike

The Prince of Tennis 20.5 Fanbook | Publication Date: 12/04/2003

He keeps his room clean and actually tends to be meticulous

He has a strong sense of duty, humanity and highly values his friends

He is described to be family-oriented and have many different sides to him

He likes high-end ingredients such as Matsutake mushrooms and salmon roe

He has a tendency to be reckless when he’s determined to win

His secondary sport would be judo

The Prince of Tennis 40.5 Fanbook | Publication Date: 12/04/2007

He is described to be passionate, devoted and the type to love only one woman with all of his heart

In Genius 249, his training in the mountains with Momoshiro greatly increased his natural muscle mass. An old man who resided there had mistook him for an ogre

Konomi had wanted to depict his match against Ishida as the last match he would ever play

The Prince of Tennis II Official Character Guide: PairPuri Vol. 2 | Publication Date: 12/04/2009

He was seen boasting about his muscles along with Kurobane, Kadowaki and Shiraishi

The Prince of Tennis II Official Character Guide: PairPuri Vol. 10 | Publication Date: 10/04/2011

His sushi is described to be as good as a professional’s

The Prince of Tennis II 10.5 Fanbook | Publication Date: 09/04/2013

He asks to use the kitchen at the training camp to make his special sushi

He is a regular at the infirmary and gets along well with the nurse

The Prince of Tennis II 23.5 Fanbook | Publication Date: 05/02/2018

He is good not only at making sushi, but Japanese food in general

The Prince of Tennis 20th Anniversary Book: Tenipuri Party | Publication Date: 08/02/2019

His father was saddened over the news of him quitting tennis to help run the family business, however he reassured his father stating he didn’t mind and wanted to focus on preparing to take over

[samurailoveballadhistory]

Sushi rolls don’t actually exist in the Sengoku. It’s a much much later invention. The seaweed “paper” doesn’t even exist until the 1700s, so this is all fluff anyway. In the Sengoku period, “sushi” refers to what is typically known as funazushi, that is a preserved fish fermented using rice. When the fish is fermented/preserved to a satisfactory degree, the rice will just be thrown out and not eaten.

This sushi tradition for setsubun is actually also kind of suspect, because it only became widespread in the 1980s. While legends claim that this originated in the Edo period, I’m not sure if there’s actually documented proof of this. I’ve seen some articles suspect this as just a promotional gimmick from food stores who are wanting to use up leftover ingredients, and created a nonsense legend surrounding it. 

The ehoumaki 恵方巻き sushi “traditionally” contains 7 ingredients to represent the 7 lucky gods, and that eating this will bring food luck. Ingredients may vary, but the most common ones include datemaki omelettes, cucumbers, shiitake mushrooms, grilled eel, dried tofu, kanpyo gourd, and pink fish floss. These ingredients are food items that are often used in New Year meals, so I can see why this so-called tradition is rather dubious.

Unlike regular sushi that are normally sliced, ehoumaki sushi is left in the long “log” form and eaten as-is. This is said to symbolise “not breaking bonds”, and eating it like this is meant to bring good fortune. Some explanations also say that the name “ehou” means “lucky direction”. Supposedly, people in the Edo era eats the sushi while facing this “lucky direction”. 

In the modern day, people sometimes just have fun with the sushi and create fun shapes and fillings. A rather new trend is making a tiger-patterned wrap with omelette and seaweed for the roll, or making cute little oni shapes with the filling:

[sweets-cats]

Family mart ehomaki 2023

(ファミリーマートの恵方巻2023)

Top-Set of 2 mini ehomaki rolls (ミニ恵方巻2本セット) A handy mini size of the classic ehomaki.[Ingredients] ●Grilled egg ●Boiled shiitake mushroom ●Boiled kanpyo ●Conger eel ●Koya tofu ●Oboshi ●Cucumber.

Luxurious seafood ehomaki (贅沢海鮮恵方巻) Luxuriously finished with scallops from Mutsu Bay, snow crab, and special grade seaweed from the Ariake Sea.[Ingredients] ●Mutsu Bay scallops ● Loosen snow crab meat ●Seared tuna meat ● Tasmanian salmon ●Grilled egg●Cucumber.

Bottom-Seafood Ehomaki (海鮮恵方巻) Ehomaki is packed with popular seafood ingredients. [Ingredients] ●Tuna tatami ●Salmon tatami ●Coho Salmon Slices ●Grilled egg ●Cucumber.

Salad Ehomaki (サラダ恵方巻) Ehomaki made with crab sticks, tuna mayonnaise, etc. [Ingredients] ●Grilled egg ●Aroma box (crab stick) ●Tuna mayonnaise dressing (aroma box, onion included) ●Cucumber.

Setsubun chocolate banana crepe (節分 チョコバナナクレープ) Banana, whipped cream, chocolate whipped cream, and custard wrapped in a chewy crepe.

Setsubun 7 Fruit Rolls (節分 7種のフルーツロール) A roll cake with a bright appearance using 7 kinds of fruits. [7 kinds of fruits] Strawberry, kiwi, pineapple, yellow peach, mandarin orange, banana, apple.

[my-recipe-book]

KANPYO MAKI

Photo and base recipe from Chef JA Cooks

Ratings:

Taste ★★★★★

Price ★★★★☆

Simplicity ★★★★☆

Ingredients:

1/2 tsp salt

3 nori sheets

20 g kanpyo

2 tbsp soy sauce

2 tbsp mirin

1 + 1/2 tbsp sugar

1 tbsp rice vinegar

400 g cooked Japanese rice

Instructions:

Rinse the dried kanpyo with water, add one teaspoon of salt, and massage. Rinse it with water again

Boil the kanpyo in water for ~10 minutes to soften

Mix the soy sauce, mirin, and 1 tbsp of sugar

Drain the kanpyo and add it back into the pot along with the seasoning. Cook over low heat until the liquid is evaporated

Mix the rice vinegar, salt, and 1/2 tbsp sugar well until dry ingredients are fully dissolved

Pour the sushi vinegar mixture over the cooked rice while gently mixing

Roll and cut the maki as desired

[crystal-in-nagasaki]

setsubun

Before I begin this post, I just want to say that this is my blog's 100th post! I've really enjoyed sharing all of my memories from the last few years here and I'm glad that I'll have these posts to look back on in the future. Thank you to the people that take the time to read about my adventures. I'll be leaving Japan soon, but I'm working hard (during my desk time haha) to catch up these posts and finish talking about all of my experiences before I return home to the US next month!

Anyway, let's get into today's topic: Setsubun.

Setsubun is a holiday held every year on February 3rd in Japan. The word Setsubun 節分 literally means "seasonal division" and it used to coincide with the day before the first day of spring on the old Japanese calendar. Therefore it celebrates the end of winter and the beginning of spring, and is a time to drive out bad fortune and bring in good fortune for the new year.

The most famous practice during Setsubun is bean throwing. Japanese people throw beans either out of their front door or at a "demon" (usually a member of their family wearing a mask.) While they throw the beans, they say oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi, meaning "devils out, fortune in." According to Wikipedia, this practice started because of a legend from the 10th century, in which a monk evaded a demon by throwing roasted beans at him.

Many Shinto shrines hold Setsubun ceremonies in which shrine workers dress in full demon costumes and masks while priests and audience members throw beans at them. I attended one during my study abroad in 2019 and it was really fun and a huge crowd of people attended the event.

Some people also eat beans on Setsubun. You're supposed to eat one bean for each year of life to bring in good fortune. For example, if you are 25 years old, you eat 25 beans and so on. Therefore, I have received a packet of beans with my school lunch each year on Setsubun to celebrate the holiday.

Interestingly, during the Heian period, a man named Watanabe no Tsuna was considered to have slain the strongest demon, so there is a tradition that all people with the family name Watanabe are safe from demons and do not need to throw beans. Some of my students with the last name Watanabe confirmed this, adding that they are the most lucky and safe from the demons. I thought it was really funny! According to Wikipedia, Watanabe is the fifth most common last name in Japan, meaning about one million people are safe from demons and can abstain from bean throwing if they wish.

Another custom of Setsubun is eating ehomaki, an uncut sushi roll filled with seven "lucky" ingredients usually including kanpyo (shavings of a kind of gourd), egg, eel and shitake mushrooms.

In order to have good fortune, one must eat the whole ehomaki 恵方巻, which means "lucky direction roll" in silence while facing the direction which has been deemed most auspicious for that year. The lucky direction for 2024 is east-northeast!

On Setsubun, I visited some small shrines with my partner to pray for good fortune, and the priest at the shrine gave us some complimentary fukumame 福豆, "lucky beans," to throw. We also stopped at a convenience store and picked up some ehomaki to eat and enjoy the festivities.

We also visited Isahaya Shrine a week or two before Setsubun to find a huge display of an otafuku お多福. Literally meaning "a lot of fortune," this is a common image of a woman (sometimes identified as the goddess of mirth) that is popularly used as a mask. It represents the image of a "pleasant smiling woman that is ideal for marriage." She is the other half of the traditional kyogen pair of masks that you can find at festivals and in Japanese theater.

According to Isahaya Shrine's blog page, the huge otafuku mask is a popular Setsubun tradition in Fukuoka prefecture. If you hop through the woman's open mouth, you will receive good fortune for the year!

Setsubun is a fun holiday. I hope you enjoyed learning more about it :) Thanks for reading!

[adramajp]

Menu at Sho-Chan's restaurant

Sho-chan's restaurant is not a high-class restaurant. Its most popular menu is makizushi (rolled sushi).

Rolled sushi is sushi rice (rice seasoned with sugar and vinegar) in seaweed, usually with KANPYO (boiled dried gourd) in the center.

[teamiyake]

sushi rolls.

I ate sushi rolls.Ingredients for futomaki (5 rolls)Toasted seaweed (whole type) … 5 piecesFreshly cooked rice: 3 goRice vinegar…5 tablespoons (75 ml)Sugar… 2 tablespoonsSalt: 1 and 1/2 tspAtsuyaki Tamago … 3 eggsSimmered shiitake mushrooms and kanpyo (simmered shiitake mushrooms are also good) … appropriate amountMitsuba … 1 bunch I live in Kyoto. There are many world heritage sites in Kyoto.…

[anipekopeko]

Digimon Adventure 02 - Kanpyo Maki

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[pictomaze]

Maze: Kanpyo Roll

https://pictomaze.com/9077396893841121

Pixel art by DOTOWN

[sushioverload]

Veggie Roll: Carrot 🥕, Cucumber 🥒, Avocado 🥑, Kanpyo, and Spinach. Top: Inari Pocket with Almond Butter. @GorillaEatsSushi

[dasistleeway]

arrived at home...finished the last bento bought at Haneda airport...

[blackfireswallow]

Mario updated his Twitter ^^ He posted this screenshot and wrote:

"I wonder-

Please let me know about your opinion."

What you can read in the screenshot is the following:

"Sushi Baseball Team

No.1    Second baseman    Sweet shrimp No.2    Center fielder    Engawa No.3    Shortstop    Salmon No.4    Pitcher    Tuna No.5    Third baseman    Egg No.6    First baseman    Conger eel No.7    Catcher    Squid No.8    Left fielder    Japanese amberjack No.9    Right fielder    Kanpyo maki

Starting pitcher              Tuna Middle relief pitcher       Horse mackerel Relief pitcher                 〆Mackerel

Pinch hitter                     Fried tofu Pinch runner                   Konoshiro gizzard shad Bench-clearing brawl      Savory egg custard"

Source: https://twitter.com/m_kuroba/status/1449229089093525515