Rainy season! What rainy season?✨😎

pleasure boat-
on the mountain a deer
calls his wife
うかれ舟や山には鹿の妻をよぶ
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶).
Trans. David G. Lanoue.

#瀞峡 #dorogorge #Nara #Mie #Wakayama #野点 #nodate #teaceremony #matcha #奈良 #三重 #和歌山

Tea down in the gorge.

To all TV execs out there...
...there is nowhere Nao-san won't go to perform tea ceremony😉

#瀞峡 #dorogorge #Nara #Mie #Wakayama #野点 #nodate #teaceremony #matcha #奈良 #三重 #和歌山

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It's common to see rows of cherry trees planted along the banks of rivers (even when the waterway has been 'river managed' to within an inch of its life).

The kilometer stretch of Tenjingawa from Shijō-dōri (四条通) to Gojō-dōri (五条通) is filled with sakura🌸😊

#Japan #Kyoto #cherryblossoms #Tenjingawa #nodate #teaceremony

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

A pretty stroll to lunch...

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

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

Tea down in the gorge.

To all TV execs out there...
...there is nowhere Nao-san won't go to perform tea ceremony😉

#瀞峡 #dorogorge #Nara #Mie #Wakayama #野点 #nodate #teaceremony #matcha #奈良 #三重 #和歌山

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