Uchimizu～Sprinkling Water～In Japanese summer season, it is so hot and humidity. We sometimes sprinkle water in streets and gardens with a ladle to make the wind cooler. It effects to lay the dust on streets and also purify around the entrance for welcoming guests. It is an old Japanese custom.29Jul2020CUSTOM
YukataIn Japan, Yukata is casual and single-layered cotton kimono, we usually wear in summer season with wooden sandals called Geta. It is cool to beat the heat.We have variety of fabric patterns for Yukata, such as flowers fireworks, gold fishes or Japanese summer futures.Long time ago, many Japanese worn Yukata after we ha...22Jul2020
Kakigori - a shaved ice-In Japan, we like to rat Kakigori in summer season. Kakigori is a shaved ice with various syrups or assorted toppings example for strawberry, melon, lemon and Ujikintoki.Ujikintoki is mixed by Anko and green tea.Kakigori is so popular in summer season. Many Japanese people have the machine to make Kakigori at their hom...01Jul2020