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
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
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
Get all you non-colors out and enjoy coloring this overview of Japanese Gardening Tools: Download the coloring page as PDF here: Japanese Gardening Tools 1 Coloring Book - 90 Days in Kyoto Jika-tabi (地下足袋)- classic Japanese gardener gear - soft rubber-soled cotton boots with metal kohaze clips to adjust individually to your calfs Tekkou (手甲) … Continue reading Part 1 – Coloring Japanese Garden Tools & Gear
Update June 2020: Get your copy of 'The Tiniest Garden' shipped to your home: https://etsy.me/3epJNyY If you prefer a paper to print-out, get your copy from my etsy store here: https://etsy.me/3epJNyY If you prefer a paper to print-out, get your copy from my etsy store here: https://etsy.me/3epJNyY If you prefer a paper … Continue reading The Tiniest Garden – A Mini Comic in the Making
After a day of working in heavy rain, a colleague and I climbed up the mountain behind the temple, just above the tea houses Kasa-tei (傘亭) and Shigure-tei (時雨亭). Kasa means umbrella and shigure means drizzle or autumn rain and is written with the kanji for "time" and "rain". Very poetic, I find. Both tea … Continue reading Day 25 – Planting moss and the mountains of Kyoto
I love Kyoto because it is the center for traditional craftsmanship in Japan. Over centuries, emperors, shoguns, religious and political leaders and tradesmen have lived here in beautiful houses and gardens, have held sophisticated parties and indulged in lavish banquets. They have invested in the beauty of Japan – sophisticated craftsmanship, a sense for balance … Continue reading Kaki-Shibu – 柿渋
In December last year, I found myself in San Francisco's Japan Town, walking towards my car with a stack of Japanese garden plans under my arm. What had just happened? I did not know… 40 minutes earlier – I enter the office of Y-san. It instantly takes me back to Japan. Fluorescent lighting, old gift … Continue reading Learning by Copying – how I met my Mr. Miyagi
90 Days in Kyoto 