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January 1 New Year at Tondaya January 1st February 3rd January 7
Eating Rice
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Febraury
3 Setsu Bun February 3 |
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March 3 Doll Festival Doll Festival is held on March 3rd to pray for young girl's growth and happiness.Tondaya preserved a great number of Hina Dolls. The dolls are dressed in gorgeous kimono in the way of women in the ancient Heian Court. Empress, Hina, and Emper, Dairi, sit on the top, followed by three ladies of the court, five court musicians, an escort and a gourd. Also, Diamond shaped rice cakes, sweets and white sake are displayed. We serve some special dishes including Chirashi-sushi" and "shirozake (sweet white sake)" in Hina Dolls' Event held from 11:00 in the period Febraury 28-April 3.
Febraury
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April Cherry Blossom Viewing Party In begging of the April is the time to enjoy cherry blossom. We enjoy drinking and eating under the beautiful trees. You will have an opportunity to observe and enjoy crazy “Cherry Blossom Viewing Party” in Japanese style. Begining of April |
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Boy Day called Children Day is the day to celebrate the health and wealth
of children. We display the samurai dolls and helmet replicas.
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prepared special Bento for the day. Chimaki, a rice dumpling wrapped in
bamboo leaves and Kashiwamochi, rice cakes sweet adzuki beans inside with
wrapped in oak leaf ate the special treat on this day. You can see another special sight only on the day that a bunch of Shobu, Japanese Iris, are hanged from the roof. Iris has always associated with the Boy Festival because it means striving for success . Also, we enjoyed Shobu-yu, the leaves in bath tab since the iris bath has been believed to have medication effects, against all kinds of sickness. April 4- May 30
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June - September- Summer Setting The summer setting appear from begging of June to the end of the September. The curtains made of bamboo trees provide adequate vitalization to the room. This is the wisdom to absorb coolness in the room in the days that there are no electric devices. June 1 - August 31 June 9ー21 Our treasured Photo Exhibition We have tons of treasured photo collections that depict Tondaya successive owner and their family lifestyle. You will explore old Japanese lifestyle from them. June 9-21 June 30- Summer Purification Ritual Traditional dessert, made in the shape of the ice, is served with Japanese Green Tea on the day, in very middle of the year. We follows the custom to wish our health for lest of the year.
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The Star Festival is driven from a Chinese legend in which Altair and Vega, which are separated on opposite sides of Milky Way, meet once a year on this day. We decorate bamboo tree with decoration made of texitile and tanzaku (oblong pieces of paper) on which we write our wish July 1-7 June - September- Summer Setting The summer setting appear from begging of June to the end of the September. The curtains made of bamboo trees provide adequate vitalization to the room. This is the wisdom to absorb coolness in the room in the days that there are no electric devices. June
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A Buddhist Event, Lantern Festival is to hold a memorial service to the spirits of ancestors on August 13 to 16. The spirits of the ancestor are welcomed on 13th and seen off on 16th with a bonfire. During the Bon period, vegetables and fruits are offered at bon shelves. The spectacle event at that period in Kyoto is Gozan Okuribi held last day of lantern Festival for the purpose of sending off the spirits back to the nether world from where they have been visiting this world since August 13. You will have chance to see the Bon display and also offered special lunch box, which is a vegetarian diet of soybean products, vegetables, seaweed, and rice (reservation needed). August
13-16 August 18－30 Antique Kimono Displaｙ We
display tons of antique kimono collections from Meji Period, about 120 years
old. You have an opportunity to observe their wearing style and their life style
at that age. August 18-30 |
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September 9 Chrysanthemums Festival The 9th day of the 9th lunar month is Double Ninth Festival. The Double Ninth Festival is also a time when chrysanthemum blooms. Chrysanthemums have been respected as the imperial emblem and also admired as the symbol of longevity, majesty and holiness. So enjoying the flourishing chrysanthemum also becomes a key activity on this festival. September 9-October 9
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In autumn, the moon looks clear and especially beautiful in the sky. We have a custom to enjoy viewing the full moon on Moon Viewing Night, called Jyugo-Ya.
It held at full moon someday in September or in the beginning of October (August
15 by the lunar calendar). We display dumplings to the moon. The the seven
flowers of autumn, eulalia, and vegetables are added for the decoration.
The ingredients, shape, size of the dumplings, and the number of the dumplings
offered, depend on the region. At Tondaya, we display the dumplings made
of taros with eulalia and enjoy the moon viewing.Traditional customs can
be seen in the event. October 3 |
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The day was known as Ninamesai ,the Harvest Festival, the Emperor makes the season's first offering to the gods of freshly harvested rice and sake (rice wine), and then partakes of them himself. This celebration of the harvest has also observed among the private citizen. We offered the ears of rice to the gurdian of Tondaya. November
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