kabuya-kabu

Updated: July 5, 2026

Then the boom of the great bell of Tokoji the Zenshu temple, shakes over the town; then come melancholy echoes of drumming from the tiny little temple of Jizo in the street Zaimokucho, near my house, signalling the Buddhist hour of morning prayer. And finally the cries of the earliest itinerant venders begin 'Daikoyai! kabuya-kabu! the sellers of daikon and other strange vegetables.

Lafcadio Hearn - Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan : First Series