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Any other tea fans out there? 🍵 A few weeks ago, I volunteered at @obubuteafarms, home to both human and goat friends of mine (@teagoats) to help with the spring tea harvest. Kyoto Prefecture is well-known as a producer of top-quality Japanese tea, especially Uji and Wazuka.

This unique room at Yusai-tei in Arashiyama affords a wonderful view of the vibrant green maples this season.

Chishakuin's garden is lovely on a rainy day. Comfortably seated on tatami mats, you can listen to the rain falling on the roof and watch it run hypnotically down the rain chains. I did this sketch about a week ago, when the azaleas were blooming brightly.

Tofukuji's valley of maples is hugely popular in the autumn season, but it's also very alluring in the spring-early summer when the fresh green of the new maple leaves glows almost florescent in the sunlight.

Join me for a simple step-by-step painting of wisteria on Instagram Live!

No sketching allowed on the grounds of the spectacular Byodo-in, *BUT* luckily the adjacent riverside park has a couple of viewpoints of this beautiful temple, which allowed me to complete this sketch from observation as usual.

The Matsumoto sake brewery is a landmark for not only nihonshu fans, but also photographers. It's particularly scenic when the yellow canola flowers bloom in the spring.

Early last week, I visited Daigoji's vast complex of temples. Daigoji has a huge number of cherry trees and was the site of an enormous hanami (flower-viewing) party thrown by medieval warlord/ruler Hideyoshi Toyotomi. He had over 700 trees planted for the occasion and entertained 1300 guests.

Ninnaji's sakura bloom later than most others in Kyoto. Known as "Omurozakura" (named after the Omuro school of Buddhism practiced at the temple), the branches of these dwarf trees are overloaded with blossoms. Combined, these characteristics make the five-storied pagoda look like it's floating above clouds.

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