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Tea House in Pasadena to be renovated

Blake Harvey — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:21:20 +0000

PASADENA – For 45 years, the little Japanese teahouse hidden away behind the Pasadena Buddhist Temple’s utilitarian building complex has been the classic setting for centuries-old Japanese “Urasenke” tea ceremonies.

The next time the “way of tea” is celebrated there, the teahouse will be the new addition to the Japanese Garden at the Huntington Library. But not until it’s been dismantled, shipped back to Kyoto, rebuilt, taken down, sent back, and put up again in time for the garden’s 100th anniversary in 2012.

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Video of a Tea Ceremony at Nezu Garden

Blake Harvey — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:22:17 +0000

An excellent video from “Let’s Visit Tokyo” provides a detailed look at what really happens during a private tea ceremony in a small tea hut in Nezu Garden in Tokyo. The video shows the whole “light-tea” portion of a tea ceremony. Be sure to check this one out! View article and tea ceremony video

Prague Tea Revolution

Blake Harvey — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:25:51 +0000

A wonderful article from the Czech Republic—a country with very little tea tradition—that tells the story of a group of friends that started a tea room called Dobrá čajovna in Prague. Since opening their first tea room in 1989 the business has expanded to 22 different tea rooms—including 2 in the United States. Even though their story is unique from anything you might find in Japanese tea tradition, their story still radiates with the same Spirit of Tea that we find when participating in Japanese Tea Ceremony. Read the full article