Tag Archives: tea ceremony
Urasenke Chicago Tatezome 2012 – New Year’s Tea Gathering
Urasenke Chicago Tatezome 2012 – New Year’s Tea Ceremony from way of tea on Vimeo. On January 29, 2012 The Chicago Urasenke Chapter held its annual Tatezome (New Year’s Tea Gathering) at the Japan Information Center in Chicago. This video shows the Tatezome tea ceremony in its entirety – a full 30 minutes. It includes [...]
Tea Ceremony Desktop Wallpaper : Tana with Natsume and Hishaku
Here is a photograph I took of the tea utensils after the Tea Ceremony at Anderson Gardens last month. The natsume (tea caddy where the matcha is kept) is particularly interesting. Usually the design and artwork are much more understated than the bright geometric patterns on this natsume. Click the link or image below to [...]
Japanese Tea Ceremony at Anderson Gardens
On September 11th I had the special pleasure to participate in a Tea Ceremony at Anderson Gardens in Rockford, Illinois. Kimiko Gunji, professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Japan House, performed the ceremony. For me the most memorable part of the ceremony actually took place before we began. When Gunji Sensei first came [...]
Urasenke Grandmaster performs Tea Ceremony at USS Arizona Memorial
In July, Urasenke Grandmaster, Sen Genshitsu, performed a tea ceremony at the USS Arizona World War II memorial to honor all soldiers who fought and died in the war. Sen Genshitsu actually fought in WWII as a Japanese soldier. He said this tea ceremony in particular was the most memorable of his life. Sen Genshitsu [...]