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Evening Tea Ceremony Experience Course
(C / D / E / F) 

■Koicha or Thick tea
The host puts the tea powder for the number of guests (about 3 scoops of good quality tea powder per person) into the tea bowl.
■Omogashi or main soft sweet
The main moist sweet is conventionally served before drinking a koicha.
■Usucha and Higashi or delicate sweet
■Kosuimono, clear soup
Kosuimono is a small clear soup which is also called “hashiarai”. 
■Hassun (two kinds of dishes) and Japanese sake
Food from “sea” and from “land”, together with a metal sake pourer.
■Meal, Japanese Sake Read More

F course	Meal F, Hassun and Sake, Thick tea and thin tea with sweets (soft and delicate)
Days	Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Time	16:30
Duration	2.7 hour
Participants	2～5 people
Price	￥28,000 per person

* Solo guest is double the normal price.
<Advance Reservation Required>

  OPTIONAL EXTRAS (Garden, Haiken, Monkou Experience)

Tea Room Entry through the Garden

At the waiting room, guests are first served a cup of light tea. Then, they change into straw sandals and proceed to the garden’s waiting bench.  After exchanging greetings with the host, they purify their hands and mouth before entering the tea room.  While walking through the moss-covered garden, guests can enjoy the tranquil atmosphere and feel refreshed as they enter for the tea gathering.

2,500 yen for courses A, AL, B, C, and D
3,500 yen for courses E and F will be added

Haiken
<a viewing of the utensils>

In the tea ceremony, after tea is served, there is a viewing of the utensils. We call it Haiken in Japanese. Some of the utensils can be very old or valuable. It is important to treat the utensils with the same care as people. For the guests who do not know, I will explain how to view the utensils and show them how to do so. For those who wish to enjoy a Haiken, an additional
1,000 yen will be added to the price of each course.

Monkou Experience

Monkou is an incense ceremony with a history of over 1,000 years. In Monkou, we carefully and mindfully appreciate the fragrance. It is a wonderful way to fully experience the aroma of incense woods. The tea ceremony has also incorporated elements of this incense tradition.
3,000 yen will be added to the price of each course.

Cancellation Cancellation is possible up to 48 hours before the reserved time.
If a cancellation is made on the day before the reserved day, half of the total cost will be refunded.
If a cancellation is made on the appointed day, there is no refund.
Payment We can not accept credit cards, so please pay with cash instead.

Tea Ceremony (The way of Tea)

Tea ceremony is a one of Japan’s traditional culture, and it is connected with various fields of art and a highly developed spiritual culture has matured through a bowl of tea.
It is connected with various fields of art, including calligraphy, scroll mounting, flowers, ceramics, metal and iron work, bamboo and wood work, lacquerware, architecture, gardening, cooking, textiles. We might say that Chado is Japanese culture in condensed form.

Chado in Japanese is translated as “the way of tea” in English.
The spiritual aspect is important. The basic principles of Chado are expressed in Japanese “Wa, Kei, Sei, Jaku”. By learning these aspects, we seek to obtain peace of mind.
A temae in Japanese is a series of precise procedures followed to make a bowl of powdered green tea, serve it to a guest, and then to put the things away. It is one reason why the way of tea is recognized as a form of art. It is important to achieve gracefulness in the series of movements and one’s posture during the process.
However the temae is not merely a procedure for making and serving tea. Through the manners and movements of the temae, the practitioner deeply realizes the meaning of pursuing spiritual insight and deepening appreciation of art through the Chado.

The tea ceremony is not only about drinking tea. The heart of tea is also important. Through a bowl of tea, we do everything we can for the guest. The heart of tea is the heart of hospitality.

There is also a formal, full-course tea ceremony that provides the ultimate hospitality called “Chaji”.
The Chaji consist consists of two parts – for a break – First part (Chacoal procedure, Kaiseki meal, main sweet) and Second part (koicha (thick tea) and usucha (thin tea)+sweet ), and takes four hours.
At Jokeian, we offer different kind of courses in accordance with the Chaji, in a slightly abbreviated form.