Kodo

Souhitsu Hachiya, the 21st Generation Designate of the Shino School of Kōdō, will offer a hands-on experience of Kōdō, including Genji kumiko (Genji incense) a game involving on The Tale of Genji. The Tale of Genji is the world's oldest novel by a female author and is part of the collection of the Yomei Bunko.

Kōdō ("Way of Fragrance") is the art of appreciating Japanese incense, and involves using incense within a structure of codified conduct. It includes all aspects of the incense process, from the tools, to activities such as the incense-comparing games.

Shino School of Kōdō is among the very few families that continues to pass on the tradition of Kōdō to the present day.

The foundation of the Shino school was laid in Higashiyama, Kyoto by Shino Soshin (1443-1523), who was close to Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the 8th Shogun who was at power. The lineage has been passed down over 500 years. During the Edo period (1603-1867), under the patronage of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Shino school matured into a highly elegant art form that was treasured by samurai families, the ladies' chambers of Edo Castle, court nobles, Buddhist priests, and the general populace.