[Kumamoto/Kumamoto] Tea Culture Seminar for Enthusiasts and Learners
Experience details
- Participation fee, Two bowls of tea, Sweets, consumption tax
- None
Please arrive 10 minutes before your reservation time.
Chitose Ruri-An
1-10-2 Kuwamizu, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Kumamoto 862-0954
表千家流千歳瑠璃庵
- Within 1 hour
- 60 minutes
Description
We offer immersive courses on the Omotesenke tea ceremony. Each month, we delve into a unique theme, such as the history of the tea ceremony, renowned tea masters, tea utensils, and the matcha production process. These topics are thoroughly explained with the aid of slides. During the tea ceremony experience, you will practice the guest's movements and understand their significnace. While observing the authentic tea procedures, you will enjoy two servings of thin tea and sweets.~Flow of the experience~11:30 Before entering a tearoomIntroduction and greetings, Tsukubai: Meaning and Usage11:35 How to enter a tearoomhow to open and close a sliding door and bow on a tatami mat11:40 Power-point presentationExplaining a unique theme, such as the history of tea, key tea masters, and tea utensils, using a PowerPoint presentation. Q&A11:55 Tea demonstrationThe host performs an authentic thin tea procedure while explaining each movement. Guests will learn how to eat sweets and drink a bowl of matcha, and each person will be served two bowls of tea.12:30 Wrap-upGuests leave the premises.