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2019年7月5日

Ballon Flowers at Tentokuin Temple

It’s been the season of Tsuyu (梅雨, rainy season) in Japan. Along with Hydrangeas (紫陽花), the symbolic flower of this season is Kikyo (桔梗, ballon flower). Here in the yard of Tentokuin (天得院) temple, Kikyo flowers are quietly blooming. Tentokuin temple is one of the many sub temples of Tofukuji (東福寺) temple. The temple is ・・・

2019年6月30日

Summer Purification Ceremony with Chinowa (cogon grass ring)

June 30 is the day for Nagoshi no Harae (夏越祓, purification ceremony in summer). Many Japanese people visit shrines or temples on this day to offer prayers in order to get rid of impurities in their souls accumulated during the first half of the year, and wish for good health for the rest of the ・・・

2019年6月26日

Hydrangeas at Mimurodo Temple

The season of hydrangeas has come. I wonder where has the Tsuyu (梅雨, the rainy season) gone? Usually, it comes with hydrangea flowers but not this year. The most famous place for viewing hydrangeas in Kyoto is Mimurodo-ji (三室戸寺) temple, otherwise called as “Ajisai-dera (The Temple of Hydrangeas)”. In the premises of 4 acres, magnificent ・・・

2019年6月22日

Shibori (Tie-Dyed) Yukata

The season of Yukata (浴衣, traditional summer cloth usually made of cotton) has come! When I was tidying up the closet of my parents house, I found a Yukata made of Shibori (絞り) fabric. Shibori is very rare and precious nowadays, but I remember my mother and grand mother used to wear Shibori very often. ・・・

2019年6月19日

Ms. CSingapore Interesting and eye opening. #English