- It's all about the anticipation of spring, peach blossoms, 釣釜
- Important dates: Doll Festival (always on the 3.3), 春分 (21.3) and 利休 memorial day (28.3)!
利休
- Use rape flower for this occasion, which is what he used on his last 茶事 (Birch).
御名
- 山笑: The mountains are clear and happy, so they seem to be laughing.
- 花しぐれ
To Do
- Almanac
- Check Hina Matsuri
- Kaiseki
- Swiss traditions
和菓子l
- Sakura Mochi (used this recipe). Used 桜あん. Eat it with the pickled leaves, the whole point of these sweets is that balance between saltiness and sweetness.
- 主菓子 by Sen: Hitchigiri sweets. Dainty shreds of colored bean paste are placed on patties of dough made of rice mixed with mugwort. They resemble the shells used in a game played by young girls on March 3, the Doll Festival.
- 干菓子 are Kocho (butterfly) sweets. The first butterfly, heralding spring. These are sugar cakes pressed into a mold. LoWER LEFT: Sawarabi (bracken sprout) sweets. Sugar cakes cut and shaped like the bracken sprouts that appear in early spring.
花
- Don't use rape flower until after 利休 memorial day (Birch)
- Mittwer suggests Saxifrage
- Sen suggests camelia, for a change
点前
- Tsurigama