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Thursday, January 20, 2011

polyrhythm//perfume

w-inds - Addicted to Love

Ai no nasu shoyu kurikaesu itonami
I’m addicted to love
Towa mo unmei mo 、maboroshi demo ii
I’m addicted to love
I’m addicted to love

La la la…saikyo naru bonnou “Kimi wo shiritai”
I’m addicted to love
I’m addicted to love

dexterdark:

(don’t) Leave Me Alone - Ayumi Hamasaki

ofpaperandponies:

Lenne from Final Fantasy X-2, voiced by j-pop artist Koda Kumi

chanoyu

teaculture:

Chanoyu has been referred to as the “Japanese Tea Ceremony” for many years but the word literally means hot water for tea. The simple art of Chanoyu is really a synthesis of many Japanese arts with the focus of preparing and serving a bowl of tea with a pure heart.

The principles of Wa Kei Sei Jaku (harmony, respect, purity and tranquility) are the principles that practitioners of Chanoyu integrate into their study of tea and into their daily lives.

Among the many styles of Chanoyu that are practiced today, the Urasenke School of Tea, under the leadership of Sen Soshitsu XVI, the sixteenth descendent of Sen Rikyu, is one of the most popular. For the past forty years Sen Genshitsu, his father and past head tea master, has traveled around the world introducing Chanoyu to many people for the first time. He believes that when people come together and share a bowl of tea, peace can be realized.

Sen Rikyu said that tea is nothing more than boiling water, making tea and drinking it. It is this simplicity that makes the study of Chanoyu a lifelong pursuit.