お正月【O-SYOUGATSU】NEWYEAR’S DAY
New Year’s Day is very important season for Japanese people. From January 1st to 3rd, many companies and shops are closed, families in the distance […]
Month: November 2017
柿【KAKI】or persimmon is very popular autumn fruit, called KAKI also in English.
Because persimmon has been transmitted from Japan to the United States and Europe, it is called KAKI even in English. In the autumn, we […]
茶道の歴史 HISTORY OF SADOU
It was born from 禅【ZEN】monk’s culture and completed by great tea master,千利休【SEN‐NO‐RIKY CONTENTS: 1.History of 茶【CHA/tea】.Tea was drunk as medicine to awake and shape their […]
旧暦【KYUU-REKI】Old lunar calendar used until about 150 years ago matches Japanese climate more.
In Japan, the lunar calendar had been used until the Western sun calendar has adopted by Meiji government in 1872. So, peach flowers do […]
How to make Macya green powdered tea in your home by yourself.
How to make MA-CHA for beginners You can easily make Macha green powdered tea in your home！ ・抹茶【Macya】Green powdered Tea about 2g 茶碗【Chawan】A tea […]
懐石【KAISEKI】is a very simple course meal served at formal Tea Ceremonies called 茶事【CYAJI】.
懐石【KAISEKI】literally mean ‘holding stone’ cuisine. It comes from Zen monks holded warm stones to ease their hunger.Light meal enough to avoid to drink strong stimulate […]
How different 茶事【CYA-JI】and 茶会【CYA-KAI】?
茶事【CYA-JI】is like an spectacular symphony it lasts as long as 4 hours, while 茶会【CYA-KAI】is only one part of it and it takes about 30-40 minutes. […]
GODZILLA Has Been Written As Human Created Disaster, So It Looks Like Divine Existance.
GODZILLA is an ancient huge creature mutated by a nuclear bomb experiment. It is an human created disaster and human have to fight with it by […]
Japanese Buddhism is divided into 7 types roughry
南無阿弥陀仏／浄土教系 浄土宗 浄土真宗 禅宗／只管打坐 曹洞宗 南無妙法蓮華経／日蓮宗 密教／曼荼羅 密法
日蓮宗【NICHIREN-SYU】, Japanese buddhism sect that monk NICHIREN found 南無妙法蓮華経 Lotus Sutra must be most concern.
南無妙法蓮華経【NAM-MYOUHOU-RENGE-KYOU】 It is famous mantra that Japanese say imagine as mantra 南無【NAMU】 means believe strongly or devote into something . ▶︎ex. 南無阿弥陀仏【NAMU-AMIDABUTSU】 is […]
What Items You Need to Wear KIMONO? Most difference between Kimono and Yukata is Whether You Wear JYUBAN Under Shirt or Not.
You need to prepare many items to wear Kimono. 1.襦袢【JYUBAN】Portuguese(gibão) 〈Arabian (جبة jubbah) At first, you wear 襦袢【JYUBAN】under Kimono like a shirt or blouse. […]
和生【WANAMA】literally means “WA=Japanese Raw Sweets” is like a poem to copy the beauties of seasons.
和生【WANAMA】literally mean “WA=Japanese Raw Sweets” ,because it contains moisture than other dried, or half dried sweets. 和生【WANAMA】or 練り切り【NERI-KIRI】／ 饅頭【MANJYUU】／ 羊羹【YOUKAN】／ 鹿子【KANOKO】／ 桜餅【SAKURA-MOCHI】／ 花びら餅【HANABIRA-MOCHI】／ 柏餅【KASHIWA-MOCHI】／ 水無月【MINATSUKI】／ […]