The central Hokkaido town of Furano’s popularity stems from the lavender flowers that bloom there. There are numerous flower fields of various sizes all across Furano. The best spot to view the lavender is → Farm Tomita, whose lavender and flower fields with the Tokachi mountain range as backdrop are spectacular.
This modern Japanese garden design by former Greenwich landscape architecture student Haruko Seki of Studio Lasso was illustrated in Asian gardens: history beliefs and design with the comment that the design is context sensitive. It is both Japanese and contemporary.
One of the most famous festivals of Tokyo, Kanda Matsuri is also ranked among the three largest festivals of Japan. Protected by the Shogun during the Edo Period, 1603-1867 and permitted to enter the grounds of Edo Castle where he lived, it also came to be called Tenka Matsuri, Tenka meaning Shogun. The main festival is conducted in years ending in odd numbers according to the Western calendar, and the festivals held in even-numbered years are much smaller in scale. The rule to change the scale of the festival in alternate years was determined by the Shogun in the Edo Period, for the festivals then were so extravagant. Festival May 2012.
A chawan or tea bowl is a bowl used for preparing and drinking matcha in the Japanese tea ceremony. There are many types of chawan used in tea ceremony, and the choice of their use depends upon many considerations. In Japan, “chawan” also is the standard term for bowls for rice. If it is necessary to distinguish between them, bowls for rice are called gohan jawan, while the those for use in tea ceremony are called matcha-wan.
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One million tulips of 450 different varieties, of varied colors and shapes, beautifully bloom in Tonami Tulip Park to entertain the visitors. Both inside and outside of the park, there are facilities such as Japan’s largest five-linking water wheel, a Dutch wind wheel, and the Tonami Tulip Gallery for visitors to learn about the history of tulips.
Jotaro Saito was born in Kyoto and into a family that built the foundation of modern dyeing. Since his debut as a kimono artist at the age of 27, he pursues kimono that matches for the modern space. Today, he introduces “a lifestyle of enjoying traditional Japan.” He uses his talent in many fields such as creation of products and interiors. Modern kimono designed by Jotaro Saito you will find here at my → Fashion site
Many parts of the world are celebrating the opening of cherry blossoms as the first sign of spring. Okinawa is the first place in all of Japan to see them bloom.
Japanese White-eyes, or Mejiros, are relatively small songbirds. You can read more about them → here
You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.
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