Conosci Satsuma imo no hi ? Do you know サ ツ マ イ モ の 日?
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13 Ottobre e' サ ツ マ イ モ の 日 (satsuma imo no hi) il giorno della patata
dolce.
E' un po' difficile da spiegare. C'e' una frase che dice "Kuri yori umai
jyusanri " (栗よりうまい十三里).
Kuri (栗) significa castagna, ma kuri 九里 significa 9 ri ( ri e' una
vecchia unita' di misura 1 ri = 36 chou = 3,927 Km // 1 chou = 60 ken =
0,1091 Km)
Yori (より) significa di, yori (四里) significa 4 ri.
Umai (うまい) significa delizioso
Jyusanri (十三里)significa 13 ri (9+4 ri) ma Jyusanri(十三里) e'alias di
patata dolce
Questa frase era nata perché le patate dolci di Kawagoe (川 越) che erano
a 13 ri (circa 52 km) da Edo (江 戸) erano deliziose!!!!
Ottobre e' la stagione delle patate dolci, quindi Sweet Potato
Friendship Association di Kawagoe instauro' questo giorno.
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「栗(九里)より(四里)うまい十三里(9+4=13)」の「十三里」とはサツマイモの異名で、江戸から十三里(約52㎞)離れたところにある川越のサツマイモがおいしかったことから生まれた言葉です。
そこから、埼玉県川越市の市民グループ・川越いも友の会がサツマイモが旬でもある10月に、この日を記念日に制定しました。
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October 13, is Satsuma Imo no Hi (さつま芋の日 // サツマイモの日), or Day of Sweet
Potatoes.
It is a little bit difficult to explain. There is a phrase "Kuri yori
umai jyusanri (栗よりうまい十三里)."
Kuri 栗 means chestnut, kuri 九里 means 9 ri (ri is about 3.9273 km).
Yori より means than, yori 四里 means 4 ri.
Umai うまい means delicious.
Jyusanri 十三里 is 13 ri. 9 + 4 = 13, Jyusanri 十三里 is alias of sweet
potato.
This phrase was made because the sweet potatoes of Kawagoe (川越) which is
13 ri (about 52 km) away from Edo (江戸) were delicious. October is the
season of sweet potato, therefore Sweet Potato Friendship Association of
Kawagoe made this day.