香こう道どう

noun

traditional incense-smelling ceremony; art of incense

Refers to the classical Japanese art of appreciating incense, often involving a formalized ceremony and games to identify different scents.

• 香こう道どうの稽けい古こに通かよっています。

  I attend lessons in the art of incense.

• 香こう道どうでは、香こう木ぼくの香かおりを聞きくという表ひょう現げんを使つかいます。

  In kōdō, the expression 'listening to the incense' is used for appreciating the fragrance.