Part 3 – Japanese Gardening Tools Adult Coloring Pages

Black-and-White coloring sheet with Japanese garden tools, Part 3

PDF - Japanese Gardening Tools 3 Adult Coloring Book - 90 Days in Kyoto Part 3 of the Japanese Gardening Tools Adult Coloring Pages is ready for you to color! This part features sharp tools - a Nata hatchet, Kama sickle and my favourite Japanese pruning shears, the red-and-white Okatsuna secateurs (sentei-basami). I have omitted … Continue reading Part 3 – Japanese Gardening Tools Adult Coloring Pages

Part 2 – Japanese Gardening Tools Adult Coloring Pages

PDF - Japanese Gardening Tools 2 Adult Coloring Book - 90 Days in Kyoto Part 2 of the Japanese Gardening Tools Adult Coloring Pages is ready for you to download and color in. This part features Japanese brooms and maintenance (手入れ - te-ire) tools, as well as the famous and practical three-legged aluminium ladders and … Continue reading Part 2 – Japanese Gardening Tools Adult Coloring Pages

Gravel and Rock Garden Coloring Page

I hope you find coloring this temple garden scene just as relaxing as I found drawing it. It is based on a picture I snapped from behind the rocks of this Zen temple garden, an unusual view of the building. Download this Gravel and Rock Garden Coloring page here: Japanese Gravel and Rock Garden Coloring … Continue reading Gravel and Rock Garden Coloring Page

Grumpy Dumpty – Daruma paintings at Toji-in (等持院) in Kyoto

The first thing you see when after you take off your shoes at Toji-in temple is a huge daruma painting at the end of a long wooden corridor. The comical rendition of a seemingly grumpy Bhodidharma, with eyes wide open, surprises and and reliefs some of the heavy, solemn atmosphere one expects when entering a … Continue reading Grumpy Dumpty – Daruma paintings at Toji-in (等持院) in Kyoto