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Celebrate the Ohara School’s 130th Anniversary – Enter the Ikebana Photo Contest!

Celebrate the Ohara School’s 130th Anniversary – Enter the Ikebana Photo Contest!

To celebrate its 130th anniversary, the Ohara School of Ikebana is hosting a worldwide photo contest! Submit an original Ikebana arrangement that expresses the theme “Celebration Flowers” (Oiwai no Hana) for a chance to be featured in the September 2025 issue of Soka magazine. Open to all Ohara students—entries accepted via Instagram or email through June 20, 2025.

Cover of the book "In Praise of Shadows" - An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and even toilets, combining an acute sense of the use of space in buildings.

Exploring Cultural Aesthetics: A Summary of "In Praise of Shadows"

Moribana with Peach Blossoms and White Stock in a low oval suiban.

The Flower of the Month for March: The Peach Blossom (桃 - Momo)

Women, dress in kimono, shopping for Valentine's Day chocolates in Japan

Valentine’s Day Means Chocolate for Men in Japan

Ohara Ikebana arrangement in a tall case featuring plum blossoms

Embracing the Beauty of February: Celebrating the Plum Blossom (梅 - Ume)

Japanese symbols of the new year, including a bamboo rake.

Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu: A Happy New Year!

Pine Arrangement from the Ohara School of Ikebana Book #6, Pine Ikebana, December 10, 1986.

The Flower of the Month for January: Pine (松 - Matsu)

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