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Last summer Nao-san planned to enjoy 'nodate' (野点 'outdoor tea ceremony') in each of the 4 seasons, and finally that dream came to pass🙌

#nodate #outdoorteaceremony #teaceremony #野点 #matcha #抹茶 #Kyoto #京都 #cherryblossoms #sakura #桜

Camellia Tea Ceremony Apr 4

🌸ANCIENT SPLENDOUR✨

Nao-san finds a quiet spot (-not an easy task-) along the Tenjingawa (天神川) to enjoy tea beneath the blossoms🍵🙌🥹

falling, falling
all over the food...
cherry blossoms
はらはらの飯にまぶれる桜哉
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶).
Trans. David G. Lanoue.

#Kyoto #sakura #野点 #天神川 #京都

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Camellia Tea Ceremony Apr 2

A pretty stroll to lunch...

#cherryblossoms #桜 #blossoms #Kyoto #京都 #Japan #PathofPhilosophy #哲学の道 #matcha #抹茶 #nodate #野点

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Camellia Tea Ceremony Apr 2

What the photos do not capture is how windy it was...sudden gusts threatened to carry the sweets away, and whisking matcha with a tree trunk as wind break was not the most elegant of experiences🍃🍡🌸😂

#PathofPhilosophy #哲学の道 #matcha #抹茶 #nodate #野点 #Kyoto #京都 #Japan

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Camellia Tea Ceremony Apr 2

Nao-san (and a number of cats) enjoyed an outdoor tea ceremony beside the blossom-festooned Philosopher's Path (哲学の道).

blown to the big river
floating away...
cherry blossoms
大川へ吹なぐられし桜哉
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1804.
Trans. David Lanoue.

#Kyoto #桜 #sakura #野点 #haiku #KobayashIssa

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Camellia Tea Ceremony Mar 11

It was a little wet for an outdoor tea ceremony, but blossoms are so fleeting you have to enjoy them while you can.

On a grey day the pink blossoms really sing🥰

#Kyoto #Japan #outdoorteaceremony #matcha #ume #blossoms #京都 #野点 #抹茶 #梅

T E A .Jan 27

[ ARTWORK ]

Tea . Utensils

Tea tray
茶盆
2022

Exhibited at Montméat Maurel gallery (Paris) in October 2022.

#teatray

#茶盆 #盆 #煎茶道 #野点 #teaware #teautensils #teaaccessories #tealover #teastyle #teawareaddict #tealifestyleandculture #tea

Photo credits: Galerie Montméat Maurel

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