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

🌸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

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

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

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

[ 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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[ ARTWORK ]

Tea . Utensils

Tea tray
茶盆
2022

Utō-shakushi
有道杓子
2022

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

#teatray
#utoshakushi

#茶盆 #盆 #有道杓子 #煎茶道 #野点 #teaware #teautensils #teaaccessories #tealover #teastyle #teawareaddict #tealifestyleandculture #tea #montmeatmaurelgallery

Photo credits: Galerie Montméat Maurel

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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

🙏BRIDGE OF ASCETICS🌉

Not too far from Chion-in (知恩院), Gyōja-bashi (行者橋 'Bridge of Ascetics') straddles the Shirakawa River (白川).

Monks participating in the 'Kaihōgyō' (回峰行) cross the narrow bridge on their 75th day, en route to Yasaka-jinja (八坂神社).

#Japan #Kyoto #Gion #Shirakawa #Gyojabashi

During the 'Kaihōgyō' (回峰行) Tendai monks descend from Enryaku-ji (延暦寺) on Mt. Hiei and complete various prayer routes that take them into the city and back to their home temple.
This ascetic practice is undertaken for 1000 days (over 7 years)!

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #Enryakuji #延暦寺 #天台宗

Last rebuilt in 1907, the 11.7m granite bridge is barely 60cm wide.

Bubbling up on Hiei-zan, the Shirakawa (白川) eventually flows through Gion. Fine sand would flow down from the mountain, settling on the bed. In the sun it would shine white, giving 'White River' its name.

#Kyoto #Shirakawa #Gion

@camelliakyoto recommend reading the book
The Wisdom of Tea by N Morishita