Camellia Tea Ceremony<p>Ōsawa-no-ike was most probably dug some time from 814, when Emperor Saga (嵯峨天皇 786-842) began work on a sprawling palace that would act as his seat of power in retirement.</p><p>The pond was part of "Saga-in's" (離宮嵯峨院) vast garden, intended primarily as a boating lake.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kyoto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E5%A4%A7%E6%B2%A2%E6%B1%A0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>大沢池</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E5%A4%A7%E8%A6%9A%E5%AF%BA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>大覚寺</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>京都</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E6%A1%9C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>桜</span></a></p>