Tag Archives: Tokyo
Beautiful Tea Ceremony Photos
I came across a gorgeous set of tea ceremony photos on Ajpscs’s photostream the other day. The majority of the photos are close up images of various chawans (tea bowls) and wagashi (tea sweets) held by graceful hands with rich, vibrant kimonos patterns filling in the backgrounds. Click here to view a slideshow of all [...]
Chair Design inspired by Tea Ceremony Chasen
Hiroki Takada’s unique tea ceremony inspired chair design was a featured product of Tokyo’s Design Week. Made of bamboo the chair is styled after the chasen (or whisk) used in the tea ceremony to whisk the tea. Read the full article View more images on Takada’s website
Contemporary ceramics update the tea ceremony
Within the tea world there are stunning gardens, contemplative tea rooms, seasonal flowers, delicious foods, and varied tea vessels made of bamboo, lacquer, glass and most often clay. It’s the latter material that is the most varied and used in the Way of Tea throughout its long history. How contemporary ceramic artists are adapting their [...]
Video of a Tea Ceremony at Nezu Garden
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
Urasenke Holds its 2010 Hatsugama-shiki (New Year’s Tea Celebration)
Beginning on January 16 and lasting 5 days, Urasenke held its annual New Year’s Tea Celebration at Urasenke’s Tokyo Branch headquarters. Read full article (We will post the English translation once it is available.) Read about the 2008 Hatsugama in English (Similar utensils, scrolls, and flowers are used from year to year. This should give [...]