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Hello,this is KOTO KYOTO. The Spring Equinox day varies each year, but it is usually on the 20th of March or the 21st of March. On the Spring Equinox day,...
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Hinamatsuri "Girl`s Festival" in Japan
Hello, this is KOTO KYOTO. In March, the daylight hours in Kyoto gradually increased, and it's getting to feel spring little by little. Hinamatsuri is celebrated each year on March 3rd....
A happy new year!
Happy new year! We hope you'll stick with us for this year as well, everyone. KOTO want to cherish the relationship between people again this year, we went to the...
Umeboshi (Japanese Pickled Apricot)
Hello, this is Koto Kyoto.How are you doing? Anyway, we think that your country also has the taste of mother’s home cooking.In Japan, one such thing is “Umeboshi”. ...
Bon Odori
Hello, this is Koto Kyoto, the Tokyo Olympic Games celebrated its closing ceremony yesterday.It was controversial but we think we made a lot of dramas and we got a...
Gion Matsuri(festival) vol.3
Hello everyone, this is KOTO Kyoto.In mid-July, Kyoto is hit by the humid heat as usual. Because Kyoto is a basin, so it is hot in summer and cold...
Gion Matsuri(festival) vol.2
Hello everyone, this is KOTO Kyoto.“Gion Matsuri” is starting on 1st July.The Yamahoko parade was canceled by pandemic also this year, but they managed to build floats in 18 of...
Gion Matsuri (festival) vol.1
Hello everyone, this is KOTO Kyoto. In July, we have entered the second half of 2021. We can’t believe it’s already July. Doesn’t time fly? Live each day to the...
A Japanese sweets to eat only June in Kyoto.”
Hello everyone, this is KOTO Kyoto. Summer coming to Kyoto finally. This season.Do you know that you can eat a Japanese traditional sweets only in Kyoto on 30th June?...
A traditional printing technique in Japan
Hello everyone, this is KOTO Kyoto. We went to the dye works for a meeting in Kyoto.(we always do business with them.) We will introduce to them this time. ...
A seasonal change of Kimono
Hello everyone, this is “KOTO Kyoto”. Since the beginning of June, it got hot all of a sudden in Kyoto Japan.The Japanese summer is hot and humid, especially Kyoto is...
A seasonal change of clothing “Koromo-Gae” in Japan
Hello everyone, this is KOTO Kyoto. It’s already in June this year, and half a year has passed. Recently we feel at how quickly time flies. Now, June is...