My passion is to share joy and serenity of Japanese traditional culture such as Ikebana, Japanese art of flower arranging and tea ceremony. I woudl like to send a message about how enjoyable and peaceful to arrange flowers by ourselves but is that what readers woudl like to know about? My aim to write the …
I have been writing e-book about Ikebana wondering what the biggest question you have. Read More »
Hi Laura, I hope I spell your name correctly. Thank you for attending Ikebana class last Saturday. Thank you for consideration, thinking of participants who would come later. Actually we had enough flowers and green for Ikabana experience. Ikebana is not just arrange many beautiful flowers but more simple and more than that. Philosophy behind. …
January is the month which we can sense tradition of Japan. New year’s day Everything new and clean! My heart, mind and spirit are all clear and clean on January 1st. It is same day with day and night of 24 hours as the day of December 31st but different. I love the feeling of …
Dear my friends, Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you will find something new and fun here. Please watch thisvideo. Greetings of the new year and you will see the flower arrangement with pine tree. Pine is the most formal plant in Japan. It’s used for celebration of wedding and a new year. …
Try Ikebana: the art of arranging flowers at Adventure Asia at Crow Collection! Read More »
笑う門には福来る。わらうかどには ふくきたる Warau kadoinha Fuki kitaru. http://youtu.be/-l1u54oqnGc It’s a Japanese proverb saing, “A house full of laughter brings good fortune.”At the beginning of the year we play this game and laugh, wishing for a good fortune of the new year. I introduced Fukuwarai at the event , Mochitsuki; New Year’s Celebration by Japan America Society. Thank you …
Fukuwarai : a Japanese traditional game for the new year Read More »
Mochistuki ; New year Cerebration help by Japan America society Dallas/Fortwarth. SUNDAY 18 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Mochi is rice cake and you can’t miss mochi on the new year’s day. At the event called Mochistuki, you can eat mochi；rice cake. You can also try pounding rice ! not machine but by …
Come and enjoy Japanese New Year celebration ,Mochitsuki! Read More »
あけましておめでとうございます 今年もよろしくお願い申し上げます。 ご家族皆様のご健康とご多幸をお祈り申し上げます。 2015年 Greetings from Japan! A Happy New Year! I wish you and your family a happy, healthy wealthy new year. Many things traditional have been disappearing and changing but only celebration of new year is still one of the biggest holiday and time for spending family. This year I went back to Japan and enjoyed …
Happy New Year! Happy healthy wealthy new year to you! Read More »
Merry Christmas! メリークリスマス! Are they Christian? Most of them are not. However, people say “Merry Christmas.” Even they don’t know it’s the day when Christ was born. In Japanese Christ and Christmas sound very different. until they learn English and see the spelling, they could not have that idea. Japanese are willing to adopt any …
Dear my friends, Thank you for visiting my website. Thank you for your comments！ I wish you have a happy holiday. Thank you for reading my blog. Thank you for sharing in joy of Japanese culture, Ikebana, tea ceremony, Origami, calligraphy, learning Japanese! So nice to meeting you. Thank you giving me such a precious time with …
It’s 2 years since it happened. I took a moment for 26 victims in heaven. I read and watched some videos by Sandy Hook Promise. I have around 8,000 origami cranes at home. I keep them for next visit. I saw tons of card sent from all over the world in the video and I …
