毎年３月後半から4月にかけて500本の桜が咲き乱れ、町が賑わいます

About 500 cherry blossoms bloom from late March to April.

５月後半から６月にかけて歩いて２分の玉川沿いでホタルが観賞できます

You can see fireflies along the Tamagawa river which is a 2-minute walk from the house on late May to June.

小さな伏見稲荷のような玉津岡神社

Tamatsuoka shrine is like small Fushimi Inari shrine. (The most popular shrine in Kyoto)

3月後半ごろ樹齢300年の枝垂れ桜が圧巻です

A 300-year-old weeping cherry tree is a masterpiece in late March.

玉川沿いの小道がウォーキングには最適

Let's go walking and get some fresh air!

歩いて10分の所にはアスファルトのサイクリングコース

There is cycling and jogging routes nearby the house.

Tatami mats are made from straw, rushes, cloth wood and paper. Piles of straw are woven together and bound at the edges with cloth. Hand made tatami are said to last 30 years. Tatami are unique to Japan. Tatami mats hold a unique role in traditional arts such as the tea ceremony and flower arrangement as well as martial arts such as Judo.

A Shoji is a sliding door with wooden lattice work which is built into a rectangular wooden frame. Japanese paper pasted on the latticework allows gentle sunlight to penetrate it. Shoji are used not only as doors but also to partition rooms. A fusuma is another kind of sliding door used in a traditional home. Japanese paper is ideal for the climate in Japan because it controls the level of  humidity in homes by absorbing and releasing moisture. The modern paper screens used today are akari shoji that allow light (akari )to pass through.

A tokonoma is an elevated alcove in a traditional Japanese room. It was originally considered a sacred place in which to put a statue of Buddha. It is a space to display decorative scrolls, ornaments and flowers.

The traditional Japanese room is used for many purposes. The materials used are not painted but left in their natural state. The Ranma offer a sensitive beauty to the harmony of space.  The Ranma are the decorative screens installed between the ceiling and doors in Japanese room to let in light and breeze.