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Spring is Here - Tsukushi (Young stem of Horsetail)

I'm always excited around this time of year. It's the time hints of spring can be found everywhere. If you walk around in Kyoto, you will...

February in Kyoto is truly freezing. However, during the cold windy days, sometimes we feel a slight hint of spring. At the Kyoto Gyoen...

Hongwanji, also known as Nishi Hongwan-ji, very famous as a World Heritage Site, is the headquarters of the Hongwanji denomination of...

Jofu is a type of extremely precious fabric for Japanese summer Kimono, which is exquisitely plain-woven with superfine linen. Echigo...

Takizawa Bakin, a popular writer in the Edo period, left a lot of scathing criticism on various cultures in Kyoto, especially on fish...

Yagi shrine in the Ichijoji district of Kyoto is very famous for its deep connection with Miyamoto Musashi, the greatest swordsman of...

At Senbon Shakado temple in the Nishiijn district of Kyoto, there is a statue called "Okame Tuka". Okame is the name of the wife of a...

I guess this was a custom unique to Hanamachi (花街, districts where Maiko and Geiko reside and work)... When we Maiko wore new a Kimono...

I had lunch at kyosaimi Nomura, a restaurant that serves Obanzai dishes. The term Obanzai was first used in a newspaper's column...

Kodai-ji (高台寺) temple was established in 1606 by Kita-no-Mandokoro (1548-1624) in memory of her late husband Toyotomi Hideyoshi...