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2018年4月5日

It was awesome!

*Rating : ★★★★★The experience was really awesome! The staff members made a lot of effort to give adv ice on the best suitable clothings to wear. Also the photographer at our first day Lin was amazing! We have now pictures of a lifetime! Also the photographaer at our second day was again very good! It ・・・

2018年4月4日

Macha Soft Ice Cream at Heian Saryo Cafe

At this season every year, Heian Jingu Shrine (平安神宮) is crowded with many visitors enjoying the view of red Shidare-zakura (枝垂れ桜, weeping cherry blossom). The shrine is adorned with vivid vermilion lacquered constructions and is filled with graceful atmosphere with 250 cherry tree on the premises. I enjoyed the visit there a lot, watching the ・・・

2018年4月4日

Cherry Blossoms and Fushimi Canal Jikkokubune Boats

The Fushimi (伏見) district is very famous for its quality water. That is why Fushimi was described as 伏水 (underground water) in the old times. Since Fushimi is one of the most notable places for Sake (酒, Japanese rice wine) production in Japan, I, as a huge Sake lover, am very excited visiting here. When ・・・

2018年4月3日

Oshukubai, a plum tree and a Nightingale

I visited Rinkoin (林光院) in YUMEYAKATA Kimono the other day. Rinkoin is a quiet Zen temple which have a deep history with the Shimazu (島津) clan, the lords of former Satsuma-han (薩摩藩), familiar to many Japanese via this year’s NHK history drama “Segodon (西郷どん)”. In the garden, a plum tree called Oshukubai (鶯宿梅, meaning “a ・・・

2018年4月2日

Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Viewing in Kimono

The cold winter has gone and finally the hint of spring is here in the air. The Sakura (桜, cherry blossom) season is soon be coming. Since long time ago, Sakura and we Japanese have inseparable connection with each other. It tells us the arrival of spring, and is deeply incorporated in our culture and ・・・