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Great blessing

A bridal shower lunch for

MioHayashi

Saturday, 10 July 2027

11:30 am · Kibune, Kyoto

Emi & Kana invite you

Before Mio marries Daichi in September, we are taking her up into the cool of the Kibune valley for a long lunch on the river, with just the women who love her most. Come and sit with us on the water.

Mio
Mio HayashiThe bride-to-be
When
Saturday, 10 July 202711:30 am until mid-afternoon
Where
Seiryū-ana kawadoko platform over the Kibune riverKibune-chō, Kurama, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto 601-1112, JapanOpen the map
Hosted by
Emi & KanaEmi Hayashi, her sister · Kana Mori, her maid of honour

The way up

Kibune sits forty minutes north of the city, where the river runs cold under the maples.

  1. Demachiyanagi

    The little mountain train

    Take the Eizan line towards Kurama: 27 minutes through the trees. Sit on the right for the river.

  2. Kibune-guchi

    Up the river road

    Step off at Kibune-guchi. Bus 33 climbs the valley in five minutes, or walk thirty along the water.

  3. The lantern steps

    An indigo curtain

    Just past the shrine’s red lanterns, look for Seiryū-an’s indigo noren hanging over the water.

    We meet there at 11:15 am
  • Ten degrees coolerBring a light layer
  • Shoes offWe sit on tatami
  • Flat solesMossy stone steps

Lunch on the water

Low tables over the river, the current a hand’s width below the tatami.

Today’s table

  1. Nagashi-sōmenCold noodles sent racing down the bamboo
  2. AyuThe river’s sweetfish, grilled over charcoal with salt
  3. Yuba & summer greensTofu skin, young ginger and shiso
  4. Takikomi gohanRice cooked with mountain mushrooms
  5. KakigōriShaved ice with matcha and red bean

The flume game

The noodles come down the bamboo on cold spring water. Catch what you can with your chopsticks. You will miss most of them; everyone does.

Whoever catches the one pink bundle gives Mio the first toast.

For the two of them

Her registry

Mio and Daichi have kept a short list: lacquer bowls, good linen, a knife that will last. Nothing on it is expected; your company is the gift.

See the list

If you bring something, wrap it in a furoshiki cloth. Mio is keeping every one.

The shrine of good matches

After lunch we walk ten minutes upstream to Yui-no-yashiro, where for a thousand years people have tied a thin green paper for a good match. Mio tied hers years ago, and it worked. This time we tie ours for her.

Your yui-bumi

Tie a wish for Mio

Your reply, by Sunday 20 June

Will you come?

With love,

Emi & Kana

Kindly tie your reply by Sunday 20 June

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