{"id":5048,"date":"2025-09-01T14:49:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T05:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/?p=5048"},"modified":"2025-09-09T14:52:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T05:52:02","slug":"the-art-of-the-tokonoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/?p=5048","title":{"rendered":"The Art of the Tokonoma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Even though it\u2019s September, today\u2019s temperature rose above 40\u00b0C outside our salon!<br>Still, September is considered autumn in Japan, so we changed the hanging scroll (<em>kakejiku<\/em>) in our <em>tokonoma<\/em> to a seasonal one:<br>\u300c\u4e00\u7c3e\u79cb\u6708 (<em>Ichiren no Shugetsu<\/em>)\u300d \u2014 The autumn moon glimpsed through a bamboo blind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2728 A small cultural tip for visitors:<br>The <em>tokonoma<\/em> is a sacred space for art and seasonal displays. Please do not place luggage or step inside. The only time someone enters is when the host changes the scroll or arranges flowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The beauty of the tokonoma is meant to be enjoyed with your eyes\u2728<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns5048_cf4e2f-a3{gap:var(--global-kb-gap-xs, 0.5rem );justify-content:center;align-items:center;}.kt-btns5048_cf4e2f-a3 .kt-button{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}.kt-btns5048_cf4e2f-a3 .kt-btn-wrap-0{margin-right:5px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns5048_cf4e2f-a3 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button{color:#555555;border-color:#555555;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns5048_cf4e2f-a3 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns5048_cf4e2f-a3 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:focus{color:#ffffff;border-color:#444444;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns5048_cf4e2f-a3 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button::before{display:none;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns5048_cf4e2f-a3 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns5048_cf4e2f-a3 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:focus{background:#444444;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn kb-buttons-wrap kb-btns5048_cf4e2f-a3\"><style>ul.menu .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn5048_13a9c7-86.kb-button{width:initial;}<\/style><a class=\"kb-button kt-button button kb-btn5048_13a9c7-86 kt-btn-size-standard kt-btn-width-type-auto kb-btn-global-fill  kt-btn-has-text-true kt-btn-has-svg-false  wp-block-kadence-singlebtn\" href=\"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/?page_id=3312\"><span class=\"kt-btn-inner-text\">See the Details<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though it\u2019s September, today\u2019s temperature rose ab&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seasonal-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5048"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5097,"href":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5048\/revisions\/5097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oh-mama.tokyo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}