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...

Flower for  Japanese tea ceremony Cha-bana; flowers for the tea ceremony is different from the flower arrangement called Ikebana. We don’t use weste...

Japanese Sweets for summer "Wagashi" is Japanese sweets made of sugar, rice powder, bean paste, agar..etc. In Japanese tea ceremony, we have wagashi s...

What's the purpose of Tea Ceremony? My foreign customers often ask me “What’s the purpose of the tea ceremony? or “ What occasions do you have tea ce...

Visit Gion festival in Kyoto alone.   (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I had been visiting many hoko &...

The way of tea only for the hottest summer. Since it’s hot and humid in Kyoto, everybody loves to eat ice cream, watermelon, and the shaved ice in sum...

What's Wedding tea ceremony in Japan? Have you ever heard of “Wedding tea ceremony” in Japan? Actually, it’s really unique one, not so popular, but ...

Tea Ceremony for September, Chrysanthemum festival The chrysanthemum festival on September 9this one of the 5 traditional festivals in Japan. In othe...

The special way of tea for "Moon" We Japanese love to watch the beautiful full moon in the middle of September every year. It is said that the most b...

 The full moon festival in Hirano shrine, north of Kyoto.     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});   ...