Description

Hosts

• TJ
• Anthony

Guest

• Tanya

Jiku/Poem

• 拈華微笑（nen ge mi shō）literally means "holding a flower, subtly smiling."

Information referenced

Sweets

• sakura mochi

Recipe:

https://www.justonecookbook.com/sakura-mochi/

• hanami dango

Recipe:

https://www.justonecookbook.com/hanami-dango/

• kusa mochi

Recipe:

http://www.the350degreeoven.com/2012/06/pastries-pies/yomogi-daifuku-or-kusa-mochi-japanese-mugwort-mochi-with-red-bean-filling/

Koan/Poem:  

Decorate the heart of the beholder, 

for the Buddha of the flower hall

is nowhere else. 

• Master Yodo

Excerpted from: The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-five Centuries of Awakened Women - edited by Florence Caplow and Susan Moon

Associated study materials:

• Zen Flowers: Chabana for the Tea Ceremony - Henry Mittwer
• The Art of Chabana: Flowers for the Tea Ceremony - Henry Mittwer
• The Woman Who Raised the Buddha: The Extraordinary Life of Mahaprajapati - Wendy Garling
• The Denial of Death - Ernest Becker
• Wagashi: The Art of Japanese Confectionery - Kazuya Takaoka, Mutsuo Takahashi, Hiroshi Yoda

Tea room map showing calendar aligning Hana Matsuri and nijiri-guchi:

https://www.chanoyudecoded.com/writings/april-in-japan-following-elephants/

Photo of Hana Mi Dō