When we say tea ceremony, it often means a tea ceremony only for light tea, over 10 or 20 people join at once nowadays. Otherwise, that kind of big tea ceremony hadn’t existed in Samurai period when the founder of the tea family had existed.  It had been the private (a host & a guest) or few guests in 4.5 tatami mats .

Let’s travel to Samurai period!

The price includes 2 kinds of powdered green tea (thick tea and light tea), fresh sweets and dried traditional sweets. All are made by shops of long standing in Kyoto.

You can experience making light tea by yourself in addition to watching the way of thick tea.

Thick tea is typical in tea ceremony, rare to see in Japanese café. The way of tea is a little different from the light one. It’s more elegant and rare to see also. You can take photos for free. We recommend you to keep tranquil atmosphere during the way of tea, but if you would like to take photos, it’s up to you because it’s private session. Also in the next waiting room, you can take photos with kimono or Nishijin textiles before or after the tea ceremony experience.

All explanation is given in fluent English by a master of Urasenke, one of the biggest tea schools in Japan. You can make good light tea of good quality at home after taking this class.

If you have problem with your legs or hard to sit on tatami, please use little chairs suit to tatami room for free.

*You can add kimono wearing for this course.