If you happen to be in Kyoto on Saint Patrick's Day and are wondering how to celebrate (other than heading to an Irish Pub and getting hammered) - here's something new. I was strolling through the Fushimi Inari area today when I happened to spy this sign. The sign suggests celebrating Ireland's most important holiday, with a glass of beer, flavored and colored … [Read more...]
The Tea Crane Introduces the Authentic Rite of Tea
Today we have a special guest post from Tyas Huybrechts, Japanese Tea Trainer at The Tea Crane. While visiting Kyoto, you wouldn’t want to miss out on at least one of those cultural experiences now widely available here – activities such as taking first steps in any of Tea-ceremony, flower-arrangement, calligraphy, classical dance and Japanese cookery. Each … [Read more...]
Matcha Tea & Machiya in Kyoto – Two Articles for GuideAdvisor
Whether you are interested in tea ceremony or traditional architecture, two pieces I wrote for GuideAdvisor earlier this year, offer my top tips for for your trip to Kyoto. The first article is on how to find the very best machiya: the traditional wooden townhouses of Kyoto. After decades of neglect and outright destruction, machiya have been undergoing something of a … [Read more...]
Talk and tea tasting with Jeff Fuchs @ Robert Yellin’s Yakimono Gallery, July 10th
From Kyoto Journal: A Kyoto Journal Hosted Event: THE TEA HORSE ROAD Talk and tea tasting with explorer Jeff Fuchs 10 July 2014 @ Robert Yellin's Yakimono Gallery Session One: 1pm Session Two: 6pm Maximum of 12 participants per session. RSVP REQUIRED: feedback[at]kyotojournal.org Entry: ¥1,000 The ancient origins of tea and the present hotbed of the rapidly rising … [Read more...]
Camellia Tea Ceremony
Authentic tea ceremony in a beautiful 100-year-old traditional Geisha ryokan near Kiyomizu Temple A special guest post for Deep Kyoto today by Atsuko Mori of Camellia Tea Ceremony... The tea ceremony (sado) is a quintessential part of Japanese culture and is considered the height of sophistication. What do you first think of when you hear ‘tea ceremony’? Japanese culture, … [Read more...]
