Kyoto Incense Water Making Matcha and Garden Views
Take home the season you encountered in Kyoto, captured in a single drop of scent. At a small counter overlooking the Kyoto City-designated scenic garden of Kosei-in, a Rinzai Zen temple normally closed to the public, choose seasonal botanicals and traditional Japanese incense ingredients inspired by Japan’s 24 solar terms, then distill them into your own “Incense Water.” Inspired by zukō, incense used for purification, and temizu, cleansing with water before entering a sacred space. As steam rises from the small glass still and returns as drops carrying the natural scents of the the selected ingredients, enjoy the quiet time like a meditation. While you wait, savor Uji matcha by Jinjiro Yamamoto, rooted in more than 700 years of tencha cultivation, with a traditional Japanese sweet. Take your Incense Water home to purify, calm, or reset yourself. As Kyoto’s seasons change, the same scent is never created twice—a drop of memory from that day.
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