KYOTO, Feb 25 (News On Japan) –
The annual ‘Plum Blossom Festival’ was held at Kyoto’s Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, the place maiko and geisha served tea to visiting worshippers.
Kitano Tenmangu, recognized for its plum blossoms, hosts the competition yearly on February twenty fifth, the anniversary of Sugawara no Michizane, the deity of studying enshrined there.
As a part of the occasion, a ‘Nodate Grand Tea Ceremony’ was held within the shrine grounds, the place maiko and geisha entertained guests with tea. Guests loved the perfume of plum blossoms whereas savoring their tea.
One customer remarked: ‘The tea served by the maiko was great, and the tea ceremony was fantastically carried out. It was an pleasurable expertise.’
This yr, attributable to a chilly spell, the shrine’s roughly 1,500 plum timber have bloomed later than common. However, they’re anticipated to achieve full bloom round early March.
Source: YOMIURI