Meditate in a Japanese Temple Chrysanthemum Garden 🌼 Zen Music for Inner Peace - 菊 Kiku

Day 10 of our journey. We stopped at a small mountain temple where the chrysanthemums have just opened, yellow and white, in long careful rows. At dusk, an old monk walked among them and placed a little cap of cotton on each flower. Sora explained the custom: it is called kisewata. During the night, the cotton drinks the dew and the scent of the chrysanthemum. In the morning, people wipe their faces with it, and it is said to bring a long life. "Is that your secret?" I asked him. "Centuries of cotton and flowers?" He looked offended. But the next morning, he lowered his head very gravely and let me wipe his nose with one. I think some secrets are simply kindness, repeated every year. 🦊 If you enjoyed this page of the journey, subscribe to walk the next season with us. It is only a few days away. — Kitsune Koyomi (狐暦) — the calendar of the fox Sora is a white fox spirit, the keeper of the seasons. Once every hundred years, he chooses a human to walk beside him through the 72 micro-seasons of the old Japanese calendar, so that someone remembers how the world changes. This time, he chose Hana. These are the pages of her journal. 🎋 Micro-season 50 of 72 — 菊花開 · The chrysanthemums bloom (Oct 13–17) 🎧 Japanese zen music for deep meditation and inner peace. ⏱ Tracklist 00:00 Golden Dew 03:42 Autumn Breath 07:11 Maple Stillness 10:41 Quiet Harvest 14:15 Amber Leaves 17:42 First Cool Dawn 21:06 Dew on Silk 25:14 Web of Light 28:42 Tea Garden Gold 32:24 Bamboo Sun 36:02 Harvest Moon Hush 39:45 Pale Lantern Dawn 43:28 Cold Dew Rising 46:46 Silver Pampas 50:35 Leaf Path 53:54 Hillside Gold 57:52 Persimmon Dawn 1:01:24 Orchard Silence 1:05:22 Pond of Gold 1:09:14 Reedlight Morning 1:12:48 Last Warm Morning 1:16:06 Leaves Let Go 1:19:35 Cedar Before Sunrise 1:23:14 Autumn Temple Glow ✨ Music and visuals created with AI, chosen and shaped by hand. May the seasons be gentle with you. #japanesezenmusic #meditationmusic #kitsune