Seasoning the Seasons S2012E01 - Kyoto: Coloring the season

Kariyasu, kuchinashi, and moegi -all are Japanese words for colors. The Japanese language has a lot of words for expressing subtle tints. Many have their origin in Kyoto and are still very much alive in the speech of the former capital. Historians suggest the Japanese did not make such rigid color distinctions in ancient times but the change began when imports arrived from China and Korea, and the Japanese sensitivity to color then blossomed as a variety of new tints were produced here as well. We meet the people of Kyoto, with their never ending commitment to new hues, on this journey into the world of Japanese aesthetics