Traditions, Page 2

The Rainy Season in Japan – Vocabulary

The rainy season starts around the first days of June in the Kanto area therefore it is about to start in Tokyo …

Hanami as we know it today was not the same before the Heian period (794-1185). Traditionally the protagonists of flower blossom viewing …

Tokyo has more than 13 million citizens, all of them, plus a growing number of tourists, love Hanami, Sakura (cherry blossom) viewing. …

During the summer of 2013 I visited my boyfriend who was working in Saitama (north of Tokyo). Every morning he used to …

Have you ever dreamed of attending a tea ceremony and being served tea by maiko and geiko? Well your dreams may come …

I am such a lucky girl. I confess I didn’t know about this event taking place in Nara every year on the …

Before leaving for my first trip I often read high praise on the beauty of the various seasons in Japan, the colors …

Today I present you Matcha, Japanese green tea powder. It is sencha tea pulverized between two millstones to obtain the grade called dust. It is …