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A THREAD FOR CAT LOVERSplum blossom scentsends him off carousing...lazy cat梅がかにうかれ出けり不精猫-小林一茶, 1808.Kyōto is not particularly cat crazy, but there is a wealth of cat-inspired tales, sweets, charms & cu
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SETSUBUNTomorrow is Setsubun (節分), the beginning of spring in the old lunar calendar. This rather intriguing festival falls a little earlier than usual this year.Understandably, the celebrations at Yoshida-jinja, Heian
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FAMILIARS AND FORTUNESVisitors to shrines & temples for a long time have enjoyed having their fortunes determined by lucky dip, but in recent years Kyōto's familiars have helped kickstart a
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THE WIZARD'S GRAVEFor #FolkloreThursday I have talked a lot about one of my favourite figures, Abe-no-Seimei (安倍晴明). Known by some as the 'Merlin of Japan', Seimei was Japan's greatest 'diviner'.His
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DECORATING THE NEW YEARAs soon as Christmas is over in Japan, and sometimes on Christmas day itself (depending on whether you celebrate on the 24th or 25th), the Christmas decorations
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'THE SEVEN GODS OF FORTUNE' (七福神)O New Year's godthis year toosend help!とし神やことしも御世話下さるる-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶).As the year draws to a close, images of seven cheerful figures (often ridi
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For #FolkloreThursday I thought I'd talk about one of Kyoto's most famous bridges...though perhaps you've never heard of it.The bridge makes an appearance in the lives & deaths of many
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YUZUAt 'Kairo' (開炉 'Opening the Winter Hearth') we dust off the larger Okama (お釜) and exchange the tatami to reveal the hearth. In the time of Sen-no-Rikyū (千利休 1522-91) the
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THE ROCKS THAT SING, WAIL & WALKRocks, whether worshipped as the dwelling place of gods, as mystical objects in their own right, or used as garden decoration, were highly valued
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TATAMI (畳)When we transition between 'summer' and 'winter' in the tearoom, one particular tatami mat is lifted up and replaced, to either conceal or reveal the sunken hearth.https://twitter.com/camelliakyoto/status/1324877
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the day is shortas is the lifeof the dragonfly日短かは蜻蛉の身にも有にけり-小林一茶, 1806.Tr. David G. Lanoue.The neighbourhood has been filled with dragonflies (トンボ 'Tonbo') this morning, many disturbed by t
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