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Young women in beautiful, festive kimono’s.　I remember I was very happy to attend the first gathering of the tea ceremony of the year when I was young.　I loved the special kind of sweet served at the first tea ceremony of the year.

Beautiful charcoal for the first ceremony of the year/

Sitting/

In smokes/

Calligraphy (copying) and translation by Tomoko