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?

🌞🪨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

Tanabata and Mitarashi Matsuri collide at Kitano Tenmangū (北野天満宮)🕯️💦👣🙏✨🎋🐂🏮🙌 #みたらし祭り
13/08/2026

Tanabata and Mitarashi Matsuri collide at Kitano Tenmangū (北野天満宮)🕯️💦👣🙏✨🎋
🐂🏮🙌

#みたらし祭り

11/08/2026

🌄MOUNTAIN DAY🙌

Today is 'Yama-no-hi' (山の日 'Mountain Day')!
The day is intended to provide "opportunities to get familiar with mountains and appreciate their blessings..."

Despite being Japan's newest national holiday, there has long been a tradition in mountainous regions of celebrating this date to honour sacred peaks.
It has been suggested that August 11th was chosen as the characters for the date look like a forested mountain (八11).
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

70% of Japan is covered in mountains, and this landscape has deeply shaped Japanese religion and culture.
Kyōto is enclosed by mountains on three sides. These help to give the city its micro-climate: exceptionally hot and humid in summer, dry and bone-achingly cold in winter.

#山の日 #比叡山

08/08/2026

Be right back, just calling the '80s.
❤️

Nao-san swapped the tea room for the ridiculously refreshing Otowa-no-taki (音羽の滝) in Kameoka, and a spot of forest bathi...
05/08/2026

Nao-san swapped the tea room for the ridiculously refreshing Otowa-no-taki (音羽の滝) in Kameoka, and a spot of forest bathing.

#京都 #音羽の滝 #森林浴

🍡MOREISH MITARASHI😋Today is the beginning of a three-day period celebrating mitarashi dango (みたらし団子)!🎉Actually, this hap...
03/08/2026

🍡MOREISH MITARASHI😋

Today is the beginning of a three-day period celebrating mitarashi dango (みたらし団子)!🎉

Actually, this happens every month from the 3rd-5th because...
3= 'MI' (み)
4= 'taraSHI' (たらし)
5= 'danGO' (だんご)

Tenuous wordplay? Yes.
Fun? Also, yes.

In its traditional form, mitarashi dango is made up of 5 small rice dumplings...skewered, grilled, and served with a sweet soy sauce glaze.
Legend has it that the inspiration for the snack came from a miraculous incident involving Emperor Go-Daigo (後醍醐天皇 1288-1339).

During one of Go-Daigo's outings to Shimogamo-jinja, 5 bubbles appeared in the water as he purified his hands.
Interpreted as the human body (五体-head, arms and legs), it was taken as a fortuitous sign.
The emperor offered 5 rice dumplings (4 big and 1 small) to the shrine gods.

What we know as mitarashi dango originated at the Kamo Mitarashi Chaya 'Tea House' (加茂みたらし茶屋), situated to the west of the shrine grounds.
It became tradition at Shimogamo-jinja to symbolically offer dumplings to the gods before eating them for luck.

The Kamo Mitarashi Chaya (加茂みたらし茶屋) was established in 1922, and it's astonishing to think that mitarashi dango are only 100 years old!

The shop highlights the inspiration for the dango by serving one slightly apart (just how Emperor Go-Daigo saw the bubbles).

#みたらし茶屋 #みたらし団子

31/07/2026

Kyōto is getting very close to 40 degrees as the week drags on.
There’s only one thing for it…🙈

#京都 #嵐山モンキーパーク

住所

東山区枡屋町349番地
Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
605-0826

営業時間

月曜日 10:00 - 18:00
火曜日 10:00 - 18:00
水曜日 10:00 - 18:00
木曜日 10:00 - 18:00
金曜日 10:00 - 18:00
土曜日 10:00 - 18:00
日曜日 10:00 - 18:00

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