My memories in Kyoto
My customers in Tea Ceremony Koto often ask “where did you study English?” “Is it your family job?” Actually, I’m not born in a historic family of tea ceremony …
The biggest 3 festivals in Kyoto
The biggest 3 festivals in Kyoto Maybe we have festivals every day including small ones in Kyoto, but the biggest 3 are “Aoi”, “Gion”, and “Jidai” festivals. Th…
Feeling seasons in a tea room
Feeling seasons in a tea room Murata Juko created “ro”(winter style. The iron kettle is in the square hole in tatami), and Sennno Rikyu perfected th…
Japanese sweets in the tea ceremony
Japanese sweets in the tea ceremony Eating sweets will make a green tea even more delicious, so we usually finish eating sweets before drinking powdered green t…
Thick tea & Light tea
Thick tea and light tea for Japanese tea ceremony We have 2 kinds of powdered green tea; a thick one and a light one. A thick one uses a sweeter and less bitter…
Cha-do and Samurai, Bushi-do
Samurai loved tea ceremony, Cha-do so much! I don’t know much about warrior and Samurai and have no experience of them. However, when you listen to the story of…
Varieties of Kimono in Japan
Kimono is not always the same style. We have varieties of Kimono in Japan! Athough the number of people wearing Kimono has been getting smaller in Japan, we can…
Where should we go to experience wearing Kimono?
Where to go for wearing kimono experience in Kyoto? We can see many tourists wearing kimono in Kyoto. They are so cute in kimono and lightens up the city. By th…