Coming Soon…
EXPERIENCE KŌDŌ 2025:
The Way of Japanese Incense
Symposium & Public Incense Ceremonies
Friday May 23 - Sunday May 25
at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver
This coming May, we are honoured to welcome Master NISHIGIWA Jhōyo, Headmaster Designate of the Senzan Goryū School of Incense Tradition, Kyoto, Japan, for a weekend of public incense gatherings and lectures on Japanese incense tradition at the University of British Columbia.
The program will provide a rich experience of incense culture with an array of activities focused around a special keynote lecture and symposium on Friday, May 23, and public incense gatherings on Saturday and Sunday, May 24 and 25.
Stay tuned for further updates and information coming soon. In the meantime, you can view the tentative schedule of programming below:
FRIDAY MAY 23, 2025
SYMPOSIUM
Time: 1:00-5:00 pm
Location: Dodson Room, I. K. Barber Learning Centre, UBC
KEYNOTE LECTURE by
NISHIGIWA Jhōyo, Headmaster Designate, Senzan Goryū School of Kōdō, Kyoto
ADDITIONAL LECTURES by
YANO Tamaki, Professor Emeritus, Dōshisha University, Kyoto
YOTSUTSUJI Hideki, Curator Emeritus, Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya
VIEWING OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Symposium attendees will be treated to a special viewing of recent acquisitions of Edo-period poem cards, calligraphic works, and narrative illustrations from the UBC Library Rare Books and Special Collections.
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Location: Peña Room, I. K. Barber Learning Centre, UBC
SATURDAY MAY 24 & SUNDAY MAY 25, 2025
PUBLIC INCENSE CEREMONIES
(participants will attend one of the two days)
We are excited to offer guests the opportunity for an immersive experience of Japanese incense traditions set amongst the beautiful Nitobe Memorial Garden and UBC Asian Centre.
Program to include:
1 Incense session featuring a single special incense (meikōgiki 名香聞)
1 Incense session consisting of an exercise in discerning among several different woods in a seasonally-themed scent-matching game (kumikō 組香)
Guided tours of Nitobe Memorial Garden
Matcha tea service
Educational exhibits
More information coming soon. Keep an eye on this page and be sure to join our mailing list (in the footer below) for updates and advance access to registration.