Recently I have obtained two little objects that make my daily tea ceremonies much more enjoyable. Object number one: Tea house. I feel like the little Japanese fox from Google theme now ,) Object number two: Starry night teapot. Magical and definitely taken from Yuko shop. Much thanks to Katinas for those two.

Listening to CocoRosie this evening and taking my very first steps in learning Japanese with the help of two wonderful blogs: Japanese lessons and Kanji. I’ve made myself a notebook cover with sakura – it’s more fun this way. Let’s start counting days till I will be able to read my manga from Kyoto.

He set off to the long journey to the East. Then the spring came and he came back too bringing a light scent of incense together with him. And I was sitting and listening to his stories from the far far away, drinking sakura tea, smiling and silently dreaming of the day when, perhaps, I [...]