This entire VN is strikingly beautiful! Everything from the cohesive Japanese culture theme with the art, UI, music and the story. It is also a genuine visual delight where it looks even better in motion than mere in-game screenshots. The character art and backgrounds are already eye-popping, but it's even more enhanced with the special effects: such as the fire sparks, moving clouds in the background, and animated colour filters for mist - and the creative use with the black screen transitions: for example the imitation of an eye blink, sliding door, and lamellas.
Sound department is top-notch. You've got the immersive sound effects like the paper sound for UI, door slides and footsteps in the scenes, however what really stood out is the relaxing lofi OST with Japanese instrumental touch to it.
It's a fascinating story amidst the youkai backdrop to see if the characters will ever succeed at reconciling with each other. I have a soft spot for flower meaning, and I've never seen this kind of symbolism applied to food before, which makes it an interesting read to learn more about them. I love how in "Kohana" they can sway the emotions of Iroha to change the outcome of the story (unrelated: the art for the sweets look so good I want to try them out!). It didn't immediately click to me when I played the game but while I was writing this review, the sudden thought dawned to me: Is the strong focus on confectionery to fit the 'candies' prompt of the jam? This is a genius move to fill in multiple prompts!
Due to all the efforts put in the UI, I enjoyed clicking the various screens like reading the glossary list. Really random detail I noticed: I've never seen a save slot UI before with a small textual description of the scene. I'm just surprised about the programming and polish that went into this game.