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Tea, Japan, and Anime enthusiast. Please enjoy. Background: [via]

[udonangya]

虻田郡洞爺湖町洞爺町「とうや水の駅」の さぬきうどんの「さぬき屋」で、きつねうどん550円也。

Kitsune udon noodles at Sanukiya of Mizunoeki, Toya cho, Abuta county, Hokkaido.

[yoshida-midoriko]

[hi-technique]

Koi-Chaya @ Sagano, Kyoto by Hyougushi

[cafeinevitable-deactivated20220]

Kiso Valley | Japan by Beth Kirby

[minuga-hana]

Cherry Blossoms, Torii of Muko-jinja Shrine, Kyoto by kyoshiok

[chitaka45]

京都　法金剛院　蓮&紫陽花

kyoto hokongoin temple

[collectorandco]

door to shrine / japan

[udonangya]

てんや金山店で、朝食メニューの天ぷらうどん、500円也。

Tempura soup udon noodles at the Kanayama branch of Tenya in Nagoya city.

[tanuki-kimono]

Happy Tanabata star festival! Legend says that on that night stars Vega and Altair (as the weaver Orihime and herdsman Hikoboshi) meet across the Milky Way which separates them lovers the rest of the year.

The festival originated from China, and merged in Japan with local celebrations creating overtime the Tanabata we know of today. The most well known tradition is to hang on bamboo (or other wish trees) colorful strips of paper called “tanzaku” where people write wishes ^^

If you wish to learn more about Tanabata history and customs, have a look at the GREAT thread by @camelliakyoto

[I am not linking any source for the pretty Tanabata themed haneri/decorative collar above - any reverse image search I’ve done leads to suspicious websites… the photo here is from]

[brownie-pics]

‘21.6.27 東大寺鐘楼付近にて

この日出会った２頭目の子鹿ちゃん。でもこの子、足を引きずるように歩いていて、どうやら右の前足に障害があって踏ん張りが利かない様子。よく見ると足先近くにコブ状のものが。母鹿もそれをよく分かっているようで、休憩時には子供の足をいたわるように繕っていました。不自由な足で急斜面をお母さんについて歩く健気なその姿に、この子の無事な成長を祈りました･･。

[japaneseaesthetics]

Old house, Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan.  Photography by Yasuhiro Sakuda on 500px

[thekimonogallery]

Kyoto, Japan.  Photography by Stephane Barbery on Flickr

[thekimonogallery]

“Just about anywhere in Japan you can find stylized manhole covers, each more beautiful and intricate than the next. For the past several years photographer S. Morita has traveled around Japan photographing artistic manhole covers.”

[eiichiyoshioka]

あえのこと Aenokoto Ritual 

Instagram: @tsukinoto Twitter: @EiichiYoshioka

[kagayuzen]

The 43rd Traditional Kaga-Yuzen Craft Exhibition

Visiting kimono “The Way of the Sky” by Yuzo Miyano

I was walking along a path through a dense bamboo forest in Sagano, Kyoto, when I looked up at the sky and saw a “path in the sky” leading through the bamboo with soft sunlight coming from behind the clouds.

[tokyostreetphoto]

Green Accordian, Iidabashi 飯田橋

[tanuki-kimono]

Super cool looking summer ro kimono, with a ground of flowering hagi (clover) in bright colors (this color scheme <3)