====General====
   * **New tea year!**, which gives a fresh, festive mood!
   * 紅葉狩り: viewing of the red leaves, held outside; with the 炉 dug out of the ground.

===炉開き===
   * 畳 are refaced, new paper on the sliding doors in preparation of the [[tsubo|口切り茶事]] and opening of 炉 called 開炉（かいろ）or 炉開き（ろ　びらき）.
   * The date is not fixed, but 利休 says 炉開き should be when the ゆず turns yellow. Ideally, it's when it's slightly cold, so it's more touching.
   * Because of the change to 炉, a whole bunch of different 道具 are used, which refreshes the mood.
   * At 炉開き, there should be always something 織部 (even if it's just 織部饅頭 as sweets).
   * Also, [[inoko|亥の子餅]] are traditionally served here, because they ward against fire.

====点前====
   * 壺飾り, of course!
   * I also like to practise 点前 that are specifically tea related to highlight the fact that we're originally opening a new batch of tea here: 茶通箱 and 和巾.

====道具 and 御銘====
   * Traditionally, 三べ are used at 炉開き: 織部, ふくべ and 備前 (which used to be called いんべ).
   * HY23 used a 老松 茶器, which I paired with せき松葉 as a 御銘.
   * 小雪（しょう　せつ) (little snow)
   * 冬の朝（ふゆ　の　あさ）(cold winter morning）
   * 小春 (when the weather is spring-like)
   * 木枯し — I love this name, and there's also a sweet by this name.

====懐石====
   * Chestnuts are a big topic, as 八寸, for example, or as sweets, of course.
 
====花====

   * Mittwer proposes Job's tears, shrubby althea, aster, agrimony, and butterfly bush

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   * Sen in Chadō proposes camelia

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