2026年10月3日
Tea in the Clear Air of October
With the arrival of October, this week’s tokonoma alcove at our Gojo shop features Hototogisu (toad lily), an autumn tea flower, arranged in a sometsuke tokkuri—a blue-and-white porcelain sake bottle decorated with a map of Japan. Hototogisu is named for the purple spots on its petals, which are said to resemble the markings on the ・・・