NISHIYAMA RYOKAN

Konnnichiwa!! Kyoto is in Tsuyu(raining season) now. It's raining almost everyday and very humid... It should be finished by the end of June and July should be the start of summer! We are having Tea Ceremony in following dates at the lobby of NISHIYAMA RYOKAN. It is for free so please join us! The Japanese tea ceremony is one of the quintessential expressions of Japanese esthetics. It is a comprehensive art encompassing not just the serving and drinking of tea, but the protocol of tea preparation, tea implements, the decoration of the tea room with objects of beauty, and more. The tea ceremony is a discipline for sharing time with one’s guest and fostering communication with one’s own soul. ＊Charge Free charge 　 ＊Date 13th, 24th and 30th of JULY 　　　 ＊Time 　　19:00～20:00 ＊Place NISHIYAMA RYOKAN Lobby ☆NISHIYAMA RYOKAN☆ (Address) Kyoto Nakagyou-ku Gokoumachi Nijosagaru yamamoto-cho 京都市中京区御幸町二条下ル山本町　　　　　(Tel) 075-222-1166 The date for AUGUST is not ready, when the date is decided we wi...

Coming July, The Gion Matsuri (Festival) will be held in centre of Kyoto. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gion_Matsuri There will be a portable shrine called "Yama Hoko" will be displayed in the streets of central area. These will parade around the city in JULY 17th. Couple days before that, the streets will be blocked and have lots of street shops. During this season many many people come and see this festival. Our booking is getting full as well so be quick for the reservation!!

Konnichiwa!!, we are students from Shugakuin Junior High School. Ishi Natsuho, Yoneda Miyu, Takahara Haruka. We are here for the challenge experience program of our school. Us students go and experience many different kind of work in Kyoto city. We are helping NISHIYAMA RYOKAN from last week Wednesdady until tomorrow. We are enjoying work at NISHIYAMA RYOKAN ^^

Tomorrow, there will be a festival called Shimogoryou Festival will be held in Teramachi Street, between Nijo St and Marutamachi St. The Mikoshi (portable shrine) used in this festival is said to be the biggest in Kyoto festivals. There are only set up of foods and play stands today. It will be filled with full of ppl tomorrow.

Every Spring and Autumn time, the society for the preservation of Kyoto historic culture helds exhibition of nondisclosure cultural property in Kyoto. Reizei family is the descendent of aristocrat from Heian period AD794-1185/1192. Their house itself is cultural property of Kyoto as well as they keep many important cultural property. The entrance. Sacred Kitchen. Nowdays it's used to steam rice to make rice cake in the New Year. There are nice gardens in the house too. There are displays for Children's Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children ) There are nice gardens too.

The day before yesterday it was very hot. During the day I can just walk with a shirt and jeans. But yesterday and today, it's back to winter and needs winter jacket and muffler to go outside... According to the weather forecast, the golden week (the long holiday in Japan) will be very unstable weather :( Well, at least tempretures finally become "2digits" in the morning... http://www.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&locCode=ASIJPJA022KYOTO&metric=1 Hope Spring comes soon!! >

Because the weather is not stable in Kyoto this Spring, Sakura is still blooming in many places. Usually when Sakura bloom, the weather gets warmer then the flowers end, but this spring the weather gets hot in one day then get back to winter in next day... Perhaps its something to do with global warming. But thanks to that, we can still enjoy the flowers! (However its little bit cold to enjoy the picnic under the tree...)