Wedding Tea Ceremony in Japan Hello, I’m an owner of Tea Ceremony Koto, which is just a 1 minute walk from Kinkakuji temple. My customers from forei...

Bamboo interior design in Kyoto Japan Yokoyama bamboo products shop is in Aburanokoji shimocho-jamachi in Kyoto. It’s in the quiet residential area n...

Japanese alcove is the important place in a tea room. Nowadays most of Japanese live in western style houses more than Japanese house with tatami mat...

Iris festival in May 5th   May 5th is the children’s day, especially for boys’ in Japan while March 3rd is the day for girls. We display samur...

What are on the alcove for the tea ceremony? We display an incense box with flowers and the hanging scroll (calligraphy) on the alcove for the tea ro...

Japanese confectionery art   Nijo-Wakasaya main shop is on Nijo-Ogawa, near the Nijo castle. Entering the shop, I was surprised to see the big...

Hello, I’m the owner of Tea Ceremony Koto, just a1 minute walk from Kinkakuji temple. I welcome beginners and tourists. Since I can explain in ALL En...

3 types of Japanese traditional clothes for tea ceremony   We have chances to see or touch the beautiful old clothes in the tea ceremony. For e...

Tea Ceremony at Komyo-ji temple in Kyoto Ko-myo-ji temple is beside the mountain 10 minutes driving a car or bus from Nagaokakyo station of Hankyu li...

Aoi festival was held in May 15th the day before yesterday, so the best season for iris passed, but still we can see beautiful purple flowers in O-ta ...

Special Tea Ceremony for Tanabata festival in Japan The star festival called Tanabata is derived from the legend of Alter and Vega, who were parted be...

Special Tea Ceremony seeing fireflies at Shimogamo shrine The special tea ceremony seeing the fireflies is held in Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto every yea...