Piropi's Kyoto Guide

Kyoto, Japan one of the most beautiful city. used to be the capital of Japan bet.8-18century. i'm your guide and driver. #kyoto

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☔️Rain falling at the end of rainy season is known as 'abare-tsuyu' (暴れ梅雨)🌧️
Similar to the English expression "raining cats and dogs", we might translate 'abare-tsuyu' as 'riotous rain' or 'ranting rain'. Rainy season often ends in such clamorous showers.
#Japan #梅雨 #Kyoto

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Across the nightingale floor.

#Kyoto #京都 #nightingalefloor #鴬張り #鶯張り #uguisubari #Japan #等寺院 #Tojiin

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sakura in rain

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Wet.
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#Kyoto #京都 #sakura #桜 #cherryblossoms #Japan #Arashiyama #嵐山

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I came for the plum blossoms, but I'll stay for the sakura...🌸

@Ishiyamadera_T

#Ishiyamadera #石山寺 #Shiga #滋賀県 #sakura #桜 #plumblossoms #梅 #cherryblossoms

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👣🌸THE SAKURA COMETH🌸🤳

And we have lift off🚀
Tōkyō has officially entered cherry blossom season, with the flowering of the benchmark tree in the grounds of Yasukuni-jinja.

Tied with 2020 & 2021, it is the earliest start to sakura season on record😓
#sakura #cherryblossoms

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plum flowers 100% blooming

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🔍👀IN SEARCH OF BLOSSOMS🗺️🌸
The plum blossoms are blooming again, and the city is awaking from its winter slumber.

Here is a handy thread about some of the best places to catch ume in Kyōto🧵⬇️
#Kyoto #京都 #梅 #plumblossoms #ume #梅の花 #Japan

Do add your own suggestions!��‍♂️

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cherry blossom🌸　when is the best??

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From mid-March until the end of April, despite opening extra sessions each day, Garden Teahouse is fully booked.

If you would like to be put on our waiting list please email with your name, how many people, and your preference of date(s) and time(s).

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😅SPRINGTIME SCHEDULE🌸

The chaos of blossom season is upon us, so I thought I'd share some information for guests who have already booked, or are thinking of booking tea ceremony during the busiest time of the year in Kyōto🙇‍♂️

🍵https://t.co/kXiEk8W3vA
#Kyoto #京都 #teaceremony

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beautiful spring in Kyoto

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🥳🎉Happy Hina Matsuri!🎎🍡

Until the Gregorian calendar was adopted, the festival was commonly known as the 'Peach Festival' (桃の節句 'Momo-no-Sekku') as these blossoms appeared at this time.

We'll have to make do with ume today😜
#雛祭り #hinamatsuri #Kyoto #京都 #Japan

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One custom that has all but fallen out of favour is the airing of dolls after the long and humid summer months.
This miniature celebration took place on another of the year's main festivals, 'Chōyō-no-Sekku' (重陽の宴), on the 9th day of the 9th month.

➡️https://t.co/bp5YoRhAh0

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🎎HINA MATSURI🎎
Some time in February families begin to unwrap & display a set of ornamental dolls called 'Hina-ningyō' (雛人形). These dolls lie at the heart of the 'Hina Matsuri' (雛祭り) celebrations on March 3rd.
In English it is known as "Doll’s Day" or "Girls’ Day".
#Japan

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🍑Momo (桃の花)-
Flowers bloom in pairs from short stems (petals are always pink, and diamond in shape).

my mean peach tree
nice and chubby
with blossoms
苦桃の花のほちゃほちゃ咲にけり
-Issa, 1809.

#Kyoto #peach #peachblossoms #京都 #桃 #Japan

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🔍THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR👀

🎎 Ume (梅の花)-
Flowers grow directly from the branch and have no stem.

are the sparrows too
having a private party?
plum blossoms
雀らも身祝するか梅の花
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1804.
Trans. David G. Lanoue.

#Kyoto #plumblossoms #京都 #梅 #Japan

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spring‼️

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🍑🌸BEWILDERING BLOSSOMS🌰🍊

Spring's great conundrum...which blossom is which?🤔

There comes a period in the year when species of ume, quince, peach, cherry and almond trees can all be seen in bloom🔍😵‍💫
#blossom #Kyoto #Japan #京都 #cherryblossoms #梅 #桜 #桃 #木瓜 #アーモンド

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Hinamatsuri in March.

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👋🎎DAY OF THE DOLLS🌸🥰

March 3rd will soon be here, so it's time to take the dolls (and their many, many possessions) from storage for 'Hina Matsuri' (雛祭り).

plum blossoms-
the child puts a coat
on her doll
梅さくや羽織を着せる小人形
-Issa (小林一茶), 1824.

#Kyoto #雛祭り

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cold winter again in Kyoto

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An unusual number of snowy days in Kyōto this year🌨️🥰

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #snowday #snow #Myoshinji #妙心寺

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snowing today

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🌨️⛄️SPRING SNOW🍵🌸

There is a saying in Kyōto at this time of year that goes "sankan shion" (三寒四温), "3 days cold, 4 days warm".

I think we may be deep in those 3 days...

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #snowyday #snow #Myoshinjin #妙心寺 #Ryoanji #龍安寺 #GardenTeahouse

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Today's afternoon tea has a decidedly Welsh feel to it (naturally making me yearn for Welsh Cakes and Bara Brith🥲).

Kameya Shigehisa's (亀屋重久) 'suisen' (水仙 'daffodil') would make a perfect St David's Day (聖デイヴィッドの日 - March 1st) accompaniment.
#Wales #Kyoto #和菓子

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❄️FOUR FRIENDS OF THE SNOW💮

Daffodils, camellias, wintersweet and Japanese apricots are known as 'setchū-no-shiyū' (雪中四友), the 'Four Friends of the Snow'.

keeping company
with the plum tree-
the gate's last snow
梅の木の連に残るや門の雪
-Issa, 1822.
Trans. David G. Lanoue.

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MONTHLY MARKETS📆

📿1st Sunday- "Garakuta-ichi" (がらくた市-antiques) Tō-ji.
📿15th- "Tezukuri-ichi" (手づくり市-handicrafts) Hyakumanben Chion-ji.
📿21st- "Kōbō-san" (弘法さん) Tō-ji.
⛩️25th- "Tenjin-san" (天神さん) Kitano Tenmangū.
⛩️4th Sunday- "Tezukuri-ichi" Kamigamo-jinja.