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22 Jun, 4 tweets, 7 min read
deep silence-
the shrill of cicadas
seeps into rocks
静けさや岩に染み入る蝉の声
-Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉 1644-94).

A morning visit to our neighbour's garden😇

#Japan #Kyoto #Zen #Ryoanji #京都 #龍安寺
Accompanying our morning matcha are some rather unusual souvenirs from Nao-san's trip to Yōkoku-ji (楊谷寺)...kitsune and hydrangea-shaped wagashi.
It's very rare for temples to sell fresh sweets, but this is a development we wholeheartedly support😋
#everydaymatcha #和菓子 #京都
Yōkoku-ji's sweets are made by a store called 'Kuchifuku-dō' (口福堂) in Saitama. 'Engitsune' (えんぎつね), the kitsune-shaped nerikiri (練り切り), was filled with a citrus-flavoured bean paste. The 'Hanachozu' (花手水), as the name suggests, was inspired by flower basins.
#Japan
In less than 5 minutes I can walk from our office and be sat in front of the most famous Zen garden in the world... sometimes I take that fact for granted🙇‍♂️

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21 Jun
🌻🌞SUMMER SOLSTICE😎⛱️

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👣LOTUS LOVE😇
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