Seeing the calligraphy and flowers on the alcove   Although some Japanese people have the strict and inaccessible image for tea ceremony, we ha...

The origin goes back to the event of imperial palace   We usually have the first tea ceremony around January 10th every year. My master, who is ove...

Japanese tea utensil shops in Kyoto My tea house “Tea Ceremony Koto” is just a 1minutes walk from Kinkakuji. I have many foreign tourists, so they som...

Tea Ceremony in Kitanotenmangu shrine Kitanotenmangu shrine has 2 tea rooms, which have tea ceremony every month. One is Sho-ko-ken tea room, the oth...

Travel in the small Japanese tea room?! The basic size of the tea room is just 4 and half tatami mats（≒8.208㎡). Even in the small room, we can travel...

Kyoto's traditional sweets in Shioyoshiken Shioyoshiken is Japanese sweets shop since 1882 on the small path Kuromon in Kyoto. Not only Kyoto citiz...

The local Japanese sweet shop in Kyoto ! Sasaya Moriei is the traditional sweets shop in front of Waratenjin shrine in Kyoto. They are making Japanes...

Tea Ceremony for Setsubun in February Setsubun means the division of seasons, or the end of winter on the lunar calendar. It is the tradition to eat ...

Tea room in Gyokurinin Daitokuji   Some sub-temples in Daitokuji which is the most famous temple for tea ceremony in Kyoto have tea ceremonies ...

Japanese miso cake?! What's that? ”Matsukaze” is the sweets similar to miso castella, which is different from other traditional fresh sweets made of ...

Japanese sweets for the early spring Tsubaki mochi is the traditional Japanese sweets, the rice cake with a sweet bean ball inside is put between 2 c...

Chitose-bon way of tea, we can perform on the table as well! “Chitose-bon” plate is the way of tea created by a wife of 14th grand master of Urasenke...