Spring has busted out its plum blossoms in Kyoto!! This is my fourth spring in Japan and to welcome it I attended
nodate or an open-air tea ceremony hosted by Geisha and Maiko (apprentice Geisha). Held at Kitano-Tenmangu Shrine every year on February 25th, the 梅花祭,
baikasai (plum blossom festival) has been running for about 900 years and celebrates the arrival of these lovely flowers. I was served
matcha (fine powdered green tea) and wagashi (cake) by a Maiko (quite different from being served my daily matcha-latte by the cute staff working at the Kyoto-Tower Starbucks)!
A wonderful festival that I highly recommend!
Ah, hello spring!
Spring has busted out its plum blossoms in Kyoto!! This is my fourth spring in Japan and to welcome it I attended nodate or an open-air tea ceremony hosted by Geisha and Maiko (apprentice Geisha). Held at Kitano-Tenmangu Shrine every year on February 25th, the 梅花祭, baikasai (plum blossom festival) has been running for about 900 years and celebrates the arrival of these lovely flowers. I was served matcha (fine powdered green tea) and wagashi (cake) by a Maiko (quite different from being served my daily matcha-latte by the cute staff working at the Kyoto-Tower Starbucks)!
A wonderful festival that I highly recommend!
Ah, hello spring!
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