{"id":7532,"date":"2025-09-26T14:51:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T05:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/?post_type=en_blog&#038;p=7532"},"modified":"2025-09-26T14:50:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T05:50:24","slug":"the-takayama-tea-whisk-won-the-cool-japan-award","status":"publish","type":"en_blog","link":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/en\/blog\/2025\/09\/26\/the-takayama-tea-whisk-won-the-cool-japan-award\/","title":{"rendered":"The Takayama tea whisk won the Cool Japan Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~\ud83d\udc97\ud83d\udc9a\ud83d\udc9b~~~Hello, this is Tea ceremony &amp; Calligraphy shop Waplus Nara~~\ud83d\udc9b\ud83d\udc9a\ud83d\udc97~~~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">D0 you know The COOL JAPAN AWARD?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The COOL JAPAN AWARD is an award that discovers and certifies Japan&#8217;s attractive products<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and culture. This award is evaluated by foreign judges,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and products and tourist destinations are recognized as<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Cool Japan&#8221; Award winners can use the &#8220;COOL JAPAN Certification Mark&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and utilize it for overseas expansion and promotions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7535 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/42511-11-370806f3e79c97a8430d441b7fa312f9-760x632-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/42511-11-370806f3e79c97a8430d441b7fa312f9-760x632-1.webp 760w, https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/42511-11-370806f3e79c97a8430d441b7fa312f9-760x632-1-300x249.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The COOL JAPAN AWARD 2025 received a total of 418 entries in 2025,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">submitted through self-nomination, third-party nomination,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and selection by the Secretariat&#8217;s curator network.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Following a preliminary screening by the Secretariat,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">a secondary screening by 100 international judges,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and a final screening by special judges, 46 entries were certified<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">as award recipients. Among these, the Takayama Tea Whisk was selected.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7533 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/399602.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/399602.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/399602-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/399602-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/399602-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/399602-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In our tea ceremony, we use the prestigious Takayama chasen<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">that has received this honorable award.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Takayama chasen is very intricately crafted delicate and you can whisk matcha beautifully.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7536 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u304a\u70b9\u524d-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u304a\u70b9\u524d-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u304a\u70b9\u524d-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u304a\u70b9\u524d-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Why don&#8217;t you come and join our tea ceremony?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0At Tea ceremony &amp; Calligraphy shop Waplus Nara,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The session starts at 10:00 a.m. , 1:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We look forward to your visit!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7537,"template":"","en_blog_cat":[57,18],"class_list":["post-7532","en_blog","type-en_blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","en_blog_cat-voice","en_blog_cat-staffblog","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/en_blog\/7532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/en_blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/en_blog"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"en_blog_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/en_blog_cat?post=7532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}