Where To Stream Core Kyoto Season 2018 Episode 14

In Japan's humid summers, people cool themselves with fans that can be conveniently folded away. Large folding fans, or ogi , were first used as symbols of nobility in Heian court rituals over 1,000 years ago. Later, smaller folding fans, or sensu , were incorporated into festivals, the performing arts and tea ceremony, and came to be recognized as works of art embellished with gold, silver and lacquer. Still a part of life today, discover the cooling arts of Kyoto-made sensu through the ages.