The casual tea ceremony for Iris’ festival in Japan. You can do it at home!
Many of Japanese start holidays called “Golden week” from today, April 29th while I work or sometimes have a break whether it’s public holidays or not. I forgot...
All English Tea Ceremony in Kyoto with a tea master! You can do a private lesson also!
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 English, so a...
How beautiful it is! The Japanese confectionary art!
Nijo-Wakasaya main shop is on Nijo-Ogawa, near the Nijo castle. Entering the shop, I was surprised to see the big confectionary arts in the show cases. What a g...
One of the best scenery in Kyoto! Togetsu bridge and Saga Tofu loved by the winner of Nobel Prize for Literature.
After the beautiful cherry blossoms, we have fresh green leaves beside Katsura river from the famous Togetsu bridge in Arashiyama. Since we have big holidays fr...
Where to go for Tea Ceremony in Kyoto Japan?
Actually, I am an owner of tea house KOTO in Kyoto, so I must say my tea house is the best, but it’s not what I’d like to say here. I will write the point of vi...
The incense and an incense box for tea ceremony.
We display an incense box with flowers and the hanging scroll (calligraphy) on the alcove for the tea room. The design of the incense box changes according to t...
The Tasty Japanese café owned by a confectionary craftsman
“Kanraku Hanago” is the small Japanese café we can have delicious Japanese fresh sweets made of beans, rice powder or Japanese taro with powdered green tea. It’...
Effective for your skin! Japanese sweets made from wheat gluten.
“Fumanju” is the healthy sweat made from wheat gluten wrapped by bamboo leaves we often have for Japanese traditional meal or lunch box. It’s much more healthie...
Special Tea Ceremony for May, Iris’s festival in Japan
May 5th is the children’s day, especially for boys’ in Japan while March 3rd is the day for girls. We display samurai costume which thought to be the protection...
What a curious festival in Kyoto Imamiya shrine！
Imamiya shrine is a small local shrine which is famous with Japanese traditional rice cake with white miso called “Abueimochi”, the amulet for the women getting...
The alcove for Japanese tea room ～Flower and the vase~
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 mats. Some you...
Only one Sakura in the world at Kitano Tenmangu shrine
Today we found a lot of people from Japanese TV stations were standing around the old cherry tree beside the shrine office in Kitano Tenmangu in Kyoto. They wer...