Japanese sweets for summer!
It’s getting hotter and more humid in July in Kyoto. We can hear the sounds of Gion festival on the main street, Sanjo and Shijo. Hearing the sounds of the fest...
What’s Goshuin-cho book? It’s like stamp rally for temples & shrines, but NOT the stamp rally.
I guess it’s not known by many foreign tourists, but some Japanese are collecting the stamps called Goshuin when they visit temples and shrines. Every temples a...
Japanese flower arrangement which makes your room beautiful.
Japanese flower arrangement for the western room In Misho-ryu Japanese flower arrangement school which I belong to, there are 2 kinds of the way to decorate flo...
The beautiful actress from India, Lakshmi Manchu visited Tea Ceremony Koto!
Hello, I’m a host of Tea Ceremony Koto, just a 1 minute walk from Golden pavilion in Kyoto Japan. I welcome many guests from foreign countries and explain tea c...
What’s Aikido? Many foreign students also learn in Kyoto Nishijin!
I don’t know much about warrior and Samurai and have no experience of them. However, when you listen to the story of Tea Ceremony, warrior and chivalry, I think...
Kyoto bicycle tour. Have a break with a bowl of Matcha tea!
Kyoto bicycle tour! Where to borrow bicycles? script async src=”//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js”> Many Kyoto citizen use...
How to do tea ceremony outside?
Do you have the tea ceremony outside as well? Hello, I’m a master of Urasenke, one of the biggest tea school in Japan. I welcomed over 3000 foreigners including...
Sakura Tea Ceremony ~feeling Japanese spring~
Sakura Tea Ceremony in Kyoto Tea Ceremony Koto started the term of “Sakura tea ceremony” from March 21st after Hina doll’s festival term. A lot of foreign touri...
The special event for Japanese children. “Let’s learn how to explain Tea Ceremony in English to foreign tourists.”
I was wondering if people in Kyoto are interested in learning tea ceremony in English, so I didn’t know if people join with this event till just one day before ...
”Flower” Tea Ceremony we can do under the cherry blossom
Tea Ceremony for spring flower I’d like to introduce “tea box” we can bring outside when you go for a trip today. Almost all tea utensils we need for the way of...
Japanese Sake and cultural activities in Ozu Kyoto
Taste Japanese Sake and enjoy cultural activities! at Ozu Kyoto “Ozu Kyoto maison du sake” is the sake shop & café in Muromachi Shimocho-jyamachi. The conce...
Which powdered green tea do you like best? The taste will be changed by how you whisk!
The taste of Matcha tea in Japan. It’s delicate. I’ve heard from my guest it’s popular to drink Japanese matcha among young people in Australia. In additi...