Special mushroom made of sweet beans and sugar!
”Sho-ro” means white mushroom which appear around pine tree forests in April and May. In Kyoto, the name “sho-ro” is famous as the traditional sweets made by Ni...
Tea Ceremony once a month at Ko-myo-ji temple in Nagaokakyo- Kyoto
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 line in Kyoto...
We were filmed for NHK world channel “Core Kyoto”! Please don’t miss it.
Hello, I’m an owner of Tea Ceremony Koto, just a 1 minute walk from Kinkakuji temple in Kyoto. We will be on the NHK world channel “Core Kyoto” in June 4th. It’...
The traditional Japanese ceremony for a baby 100 days after birth.
Traditional Japanese ceremony for a baby 100days My daughter is already 1 years old, but I remember I was thinking about the ceremony to celebrate 100days birth...
The beautiful Japanese traditional cloth for tea ceremony. How about using them for the interior designing at home?
We have chances to see or touch the beautiful old clothes in the tea ceremony. For example, kobukusa (the small square cloth), shifuku (a poach to be used for p...
Japanese summer sweets made from lotus. Healthy and delicious!
Have you ever heard of the sweets made from lotus? I guess maybe you haven’t. It’s very rare and the original sweets made by Wakuden, which is one of the tradit...
Not only the checkered “Ichimatsu” design for 2020 Tokyo Olympic emblem! Beautiful Japanese traditional designs.
Finally, the new emblem for 2020 Tokyo Olympic was decided by the Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (OCOG) in Japan. It was created by Asao Tokoro, who ...