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[Kyoto] Experience Japanese Calligraphy with a Great Master in Tokyo
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Overview
  • You can learn three Japanese writing systems: Hiragana, Katakana, and Chinese characters, and how to write them with a brush.
  • You can draw various lines using a brush: thick or thin, blurred or fainted. It makes written letters art.
  • Shodo means a way of writing and is a kind of meditation that concentrates on writing letters. When you write letters with a brush, your mind stops working because you need significant concentration, and your inner spirit starts to work. It is like Zen meditation, which involves writing letters.
  • You can write your favorite letters on a square piece of thick paper and take them home as souvenirs. It could be your name or letters such as love, dream, or beauty.
  • You can also buy a Shodo work written by a Shodo master, which was exhibited at the museum.
  • If you want to learn more about Shodo, you can continue learning it online.
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