Camellia, tea ceremony in Kyoto

Camellia, tea ceremony in Kyoto Japanese tea ceremony/ 茶道体験 Authentic tea ceremony experience in Kyoto in a beautiful traditional house. All explained in fluent English.
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How about a beautiful Japanese sweets and a bowl of matcha (green tea) prepared in front of you?

Happy 3rd birthday to our kimono studio🥳🎉🎂🥂👏The time really has passed in the blink of an eye.A huge thank you to Yukiko...
22/09/2026

Happy 3rd birthday to our kimono studio🥳🎉🎂🥂👏

The time really has passed in the blink of an eye.

A huge thank you to Yukiko-san and the kimono team for making the studio such a success🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️

By my calculations we must have dressed close to 23,000 guests!😅

Congratulations everyone.

#京都

One of the most unusual remnants of the Lake Biwa Canal is a very European looking aqueduct🌉🌊Completed in 1888, the 93m ...
15/09/2026

One of the most unusual remnants of the Lake Biwa Canal is a very European looking aqueduct🌉🌊

Completed in 1888, the 93m long and 14m high 'suirokaku' (水路閣) is Japan's only aqueduct.
All but concealed within Nanzen-ji's (南禅寺) grounds, the aqueduct carries water from Lake Biwa (琵琶湖) in Shiga into the city.
The lake continues to provide 97% of Kyōto's water!💦

Begun in 1885, the ambitious 11.2km Lake Biwa Canal (琵琶湖疏水-there are 2) broke countless records. It was the first time dynamite had been used in Japan, blasting tunnels through the mountains between Ōtsu and Kyōto.
The canal supported Japan's first hydroelectric power station.

#水路閣 #琵琶湖疏水

🍶THE CHRYSANTHEMUM FESTIVAL💦'Chōyō-no-Sekku' (重陽の宴) was 1 of 5 seasonal festivals imported from the mainland and celebra...
09/09/2026

🍶THE CHRYSANTHEMUM FESTIVAL💦

'Chōyō-no-Sekku' (重陽の宴) was 1 of 5 seasonal festivals imported from the mainland and celebrated by the imperial court.
Held on the 9th day of the 9th month, it became familiarly known as 'Kiku-no-Sekku' (菊の節句), the 'Feast of Chrysanthemums'.

Chrysanthemum dew was believed to have age-reversing qualities, and from the end of the 9thC the aristocracy would drape floss-silk on the flowers before Chōyō-no-Sekku.
The next morning the damp and fragrant cloth was gently wiped on faces.

In the hope of living a long life (and avoiding misfortune) people would drink saké mixed with chrysanthemum petals on the 9th of the 9th.
The flowers have long been a symbol of immortality.

#重陽の宴

As decoration chrysanthemums are adorned with cotton. Dew was once collected in this way in the belief that it beautified the skin.

Chrysanthemum petals are mixed with sake and drunk to celebrate the Feast of Chrysanthemums.

🌼For a limited time Shioyoshiken (塩芳軒) sell a beautiful sweet called 'manjū kiku' (万寿菊).
There are many types of manjū, but generally speaking they are made from a dough of flour, rice powder, kuzu and buckwheat wrapped around sweet bean paste.

🌼For a limited time Shioyoshiken (塩芳軒) sell a beautiful sweet called 'manjū kiku' (万寿菊).
There are many types of manjū, but generally speaking they are made from a dough of flour, rice powder, kuzu and buckwheat wrapped around sweet bean paste.

🌼One sweet in great demand at this time of year is 'Kikuka Senbei' (菊花せんべい), a speciality of Moroeya (諸江屋) in Kanazawa.
The sweet rice crackers, moulded into the shape of chrysanthemum heads, are lightly flavoured with ginger.

🌼Shiyoyoshiken (塩芳軒) blessed us with not one, but two chrysanthemum-inspired sweets this season...🙌
'Kikubiyori' (菊日和) is a seasonal word referring to the good weather in autumn when chrysanthemums bloom.
The sweet is like the softest of marshmallows🥰

🌼Shiyoyoshiken (塩芳軒) blessed us with not one, but two chrysanthemum-inspired sweets this season...🙌
'Kikubiyori' (菊日和) is a seasonal word referring to the good weather in autumn when chrysanthemums bloom.
The sweet is lik

🙏THE MONEY SHRINE💸For those of you worrying about money (understandable given the constant creeping inflation), there's ...
02/09/2026

🙏THE MONEY SHRINE💸

For those of you worrying about money (understandable given the constant creeping inflation), there's a shrine in Kyōto that promises some divine help.....Mikane-jinja (御金神社), the 'Money Shrine'.

On certain days of the month you will need to queue to get close!

The shrine's principal deity is 'Kaneyamahiko' (金山毘古神), god of mines and minerals, and by extension metal, mirrors, swords, armor and farming implements.
As the world developed, his role expanded to include almost anything connected to metal (including money).
Worshiped originally by blacksmiths, farmers, warriors, and all those that made use of metal, in recent times Kaneyamahiko is seen as more of a 'money god'.
Important to industry (particularly car-makers & construction firms), the deity is also popular with gamblers and financiers.

In 1859 Tanaka Shokichi (田中庄吉) made his home into a chapel to secretly worship Kawate Bunjirō's (川手文治郎) newly founded religion, Konkōkyō (金光教), and its god 'Tenchi Kane-no-Kami' (天地金乃神 the 'Golden God of Heaven and Earth').

It is suggested that Shōkichi, to avoid any religious persecution, enshrined his god at a neighbouring foundry (sympathetic to his faith). If the authorities made enquiries he could claim the shrine was to the similar sounding 'Kanayamahiko' (金山彦神), protector of blacksmiths.

In 1883 the Kyōto Governor permitted construction of a proper shrine. 'Kanayamahiko' (his divided spirit brought from Nangū Taisha), rather than 'Tenchi Kane-no-Kami', became principal god, loosening the shrine's links to the Konkōkyō sect.
By 1900 the Konkōkyō severed all links.

Without Konkōkyō the shrine was rebranded as Mikane-jinja (御金神社) and given a host of new deities, including the gods of lucky and unlucky directions (歳徳神/金神), the creator gods (伊邪那岐/伊邪那美), the sun goddess (天照大神), and the god of the moon (月読神).

-jinja #御金神社

The shrine's votive tablets, omikuji and charms are in the shape of a ginkgo leaf. As the leaves turn gold in autumn, they have become a symbol of wealth and of improving one's fortunes.

The shrine's votive tablets, omikuji and charms are in the shape of a ginkgo leaf. As the leaves turn g

Despite what my body is telling me, we are now in a micro-season called 'Manageable Heat' (処暑 'Shosho'). From today the ...
28/08/2026

Despite what my body is telling me, we are now in a micro-season called 'Manageable Heat' (処暑 'Shosho'). From today the traditional calendar promises us that 'heat starts to die down' (天地始粛 'tenchi hajimete samushi' - August 28th to September 1st)...let's see🤔

This beautiful waterwheel and pond belongs to Yamanaka Abura-ten (山中油店), an 'oil shop' first established between 1818-29.
In the Heian period the original imperial palace's 'one book store' (一本御書所 'Ippon-no-Goshodokoro') would have stood here.

Not intended as a library, it isn't clear if the 'one book shop' was for storing rare single copies of books, or if it held a preserved copy of all books in circulation.
Emperor Go-Shirakawa (後白河天皇) was confined to this building during the Heiji Rebellion (平治の乱) in 1159.

#処暑 #一本御書所 #山中油店

🍉🥒FRUIT AND VEG🍒🍑There is something quite adorable about traditional sweets that mimic (or incorporate) seasonal fruit a...
26/08/2026

🍉🥒FRUIT AND VEG🍒🍑

There is something quite adorable about traditional sweets that mimic (or incorporate) seasonal fruit and vegetables.

#和菓子

🍎Yoshinaga Kameya's (亀屋良長) glossy 'ringo' (林檎) is filled with a caramalized apple-flavoured bean paste and topped with a cinnamon-sprinkled stalk.

🍎Toraya's (とらや) 'apple' (林檎形) has a history that dates back to 1840! An outer layer of yōkan (羊羹 - a jelly made from red bean paste, agar and sugar) covers a white bean paste filling. The sweet is finished with some delicate brush work🖌️

🫜Nijō Wakasaya's (二條若狭屋) 'natsu-no-fuzei' (夏の風情), a 'taste of summer'.
Because it was difficult to transport fish and seafood to Kyōto, a great emphasis was once placed on cultivating the most delicious vegetables possible (a job made easier by the climate and soil quality).

🍒Senbon Tamajuken's (千本玉壽軒) peach-coloured 'sakuranbo' (さくらんぼ 'cherries')🙌

🍒Senbon Tamajuken's (千本玉壽軒) peach-coloured 'sakuranbo' (さくらんぼ 'cherries')🙌

🫜Some of the cutest vegetable wagashi are the 'turnips'.
'Kabu'/'kabura' (かぶ) by Matsuya (松彌), Nijō Wakasaya, Kameya Shigehisa (亀屋重久) and Kagizen (鍵善良房).

🫜Some of the cutest vegetable wagashi are the 'turnips'.
'Kabu'/'kabura' (かぶ) by Matsuya (松彌), Nijō Wakasaya, Kameya Shigehisa (亀屋重久) and Kagizen (鍵善良房).

🫜Some of the cutest vegetable wagashi are the 'turnips'.
'Kabu'/'kabura' (かぶ) by Matsuya (松彌), Nijō Wakasaya, Kameya Shigehisa (亀屋重久) and Kagizen (鍵善良房).

🫜Some of the cutest vegetable wagashi are the 'turnips'.
'Kabu'/'kabura' (かぶ) by Matsuya (松彌), Nijō Wakasaya, Kameya Shigehisa (亀屋重久) and Kagizen (鍵善良房).

Kameya Yoshinaga's (亀屋良長) vibrant 'ao-ume' (青梅) contain a delicious ume jelly within.

Shioyoshiken (塩芳軒) and Oimatsu have their own 'ao-ume' (青梅).

Shioyoshiken (塩芳軒) and Oimatsu have their own 'ao-ume' (青梅).

🍂Kagizen's (鍵善) 'sato-no-aki' (里の秋 'autumn countryside' or 'autumn village') depicts a wonderfully plump little persimmon.

🌰Kameya Tomonaga's (亀屋友永) cute little 'yakiguri shōro' (焼栗松露) contain chopped pieces of chestnut. 'Yakiguri' (焼栗) are roasted chestnuts, and shōro (松露) is a type of edible fungus...which the sweets resemble.

🍉Kameya Yoshinaga's (亀

🌞🪨A WEE GARDEN🌿🤏Ryōgen-in's (龍源院) 'Tōtekiko' (東滴壺) is considered by many to be the smallest rock garden in Japan.Designe...
24/08/2026

🌞🪨A WEE GARDEN🌿🤏

Ryōgen-in's (龍源院) 'Tōtekiko' (東滴壺) is considered by many to be the smallest rock garden in Japan.
Designed in 1958 by Nabeshima Gakushō (鍋島岳生), it was inspired by the zen saying "the harder a stone is thrown in, the bigger the ripples".

'Tōtekiko' is just 1 of 5 gardens at Ryōgen-in. For a brief time each day it is illuminated completely by the noon sun.

The temple's moss covered 'Ryōgin-tei' is believed to be the oldest garden in the Daitoku-ji (大徳寺) complex, and may well have been created by Sōami (相阿弥 ?-1525).

Founded in 1502 by Tōkei Sōboku (東渓宗牧), 72nd head of Daitoku-ji, Ryōgen-in's main hall (originally the abbot's residence) is thought to be the complex's oldest building.

5 Gardens:
🪨Koda-tei (滹沱底)
🪨Isshi-dan (一枝坦)
🌿Kaiso-dō garden (開祖堂)
🌿Ryōgin-tei (龍吟庭)
🪨Tōtekiko (東滴壺)

Ryōgen-in is 1 of 24 (depending on how you count them) sub-temples belonging to Daitoku-ji.
Throughout its history Daitoku-ji has been deeply involved with tea ceremony and boasts dozens of teahouses.
Because of this the complex is known as 'Cha-zura' (茶面), the 'Face of Tea'.

Ryōgen-in possesses Japan's oldest authenticated firearm (a historic Tanegashima matchlock musket inscribed with the date 1583), and a 'go board' used by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu✨

#龍源院 #東滴壺

Although considered an autumn flower, kikyō (桔梗 'Japanese bellflowers') begin appearing around this time of year.Rozan-j...
20/08/2026

Although considered an autumn flower, kikyō (桔梗 'Japanese bellflowers') begin appearing around this time of year.
Rozan-ji's "Genji-no-tei" (源氏庭), named in honour of Murasaki Shikibu, is one of the most popular places to see the flowers.

In 1965 Tsunoda Bun'ei (角田文衛 1913-2008), a famed writer and Doctor of Letters, concluded that Rozan-ji (盧山寺) stood on the site of Fujiwara-no-Kanesuke's (藤原兼輔 877-933) mansion.
Kanesuke was great grandfather of Murasaki Shikibu, and it's likely she lived here for a time.

Kanesuke's residence, 'Tsutsumi-tei' (堤第 'Pavilion on the Riverbank'), was later inherited by Murasaki's father, Fujiwara-no-Tametoki (藤原為時 ?-1029).
Born at the villa, it seems probable that Murasaki spent most of her life (even when married) at the house.

Standing to the west of the Kamo River, 'Tsutsumi-tei' would have been constructed in the 'palatial style' within a sprawling pond garden.
Directly to the south stood Fujiwara-no-Michinaga's magnificent Hōjō-ji (法成寺), similar in design to Byōdō-in.

We cannot be certain where Murasaki penned her novel, but it is likely the earliest chapters would have been written at Tsutsumi-tei.
Other historians suggest the first 11 'books' were written at the nearby 'Hanachiru-sato' (花散里), residence of the Governor of Kii.

In 1965 Rozan-ji's "Genji-no-tei" was created in honour of Murasaki Shikibu.
Bellflowers are 1 of Japan's celebrated '7 Flowers of Autumn' (秋の七草), all mentioned in the Man'yōshū (万葉集 - Japan's oldest extant collection of poems).

Inspired by Heian period gardens, kikyō offer the only real colour within the "Genji-no-tei".
White gravel is shaped into a pattern known as 'Genji Kumogata' (源氏雲形), imitating the gold clouds seen on "The Tale of Genji" scrolls.

#源氏庭

Grab your eggplants.It's that most wonderful time of year!🔥👻🙏👋Carve a hole in an aubergine, peer through it when Daimonj...
17/08/2026

Grab your eggplants.

It's that most wonderful time of year!🔥👻🙏👋

Carve a hole in an aubergine, peer through it when Daimonji is fully alight, and it is said you will have healthy, strong eyes for the next year🍆🕳️👀✨

#大文字 #五山送り火

Grab your eggplants.It's that most wonderful time of year!🔥👻🙏👋The oddest of the Gozan-no-Okuribi superstitions involves ...
17/08/2026

Grab your eggplants.

It's that most wonderful time of year!🔥👻🙏👋

The oddest of the Gozan-no-Okuribi superstitions involves cutting a hole in an eggplant.
Peering through the hole at Daimonji (when alight) is said to protect the eyes or cure any diseases of the eye🍆🕳️👀✨

#大文字 #五山送り火

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