The Japanese Tea Ceremony is a traditional practice in which green tea called matcha is... Read More

　　　I often ask people what they think of when I mention Japan, and the most... Read More

The word of festival in Japanese is “Matsuri”. The purpose of having traditional events and... Read More

                   On a patron’s first visit to a temple or shrine of the year, called... Read More

Shitennoji Temple is the first state-sponsored temple of Japanese Buddhism founded by Prince Shotoku in... Read More

Gosho Jinja enshrines the patron deities of my neighborhood, Zaimokuza. Plural because the shrine is... Read More