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Enjoy a quintessential traditional Japanese experience in the heart of Kyoto. This tea ceremony experience takes place in an historic wooden townhouse ("machiya") where you can soak up traditional Japanese culture. You'll have the opportunity to wear a kimono while experiencing the tea ceremony and learn all about its artful rituals.

Would you like to brew your own delicious tea? In most tea ceremony workshops, you are not allowed to handle tea utensils. However, in the hands-on classes we host, you can actually touch the utensils and learn the process of brewing tea from scratch. The instructor is a master of the Higashi Abe school. They have taught many students, so they will gently and carefully teach you how to make tea. You are also welcome to take as many pictures as you like to make your experience memorable. We hope you will make your trip to Japan a memorable and enjoyable one.

Got exhausted walking around Kyoto? Then we are here to help you! You can have relaxing time at the private salon and it will refresh and let you enjoy the trip of Kyoto again. Soft touch head massage based on brain science idea works well on jet lag, insomnia and nervous system. You may choose which part you would like to do, or do both of body massage and head massage in 120min as well.

This experience will be an online lesson. You will be using ZOOM, so please be prepared for an internet connection. 1 I explain about Japanese tea ceremony. 2 I show you how to make matcha by easy way. It's called "bondemae",this is an abbreviated tea ceremony that does not use authentic tea ceremony utensils such as a tea kettle and ladle, but uses a teapot and tray. 3 Let's try making matcha by yourself. We use teabowl, tea whisk, matcha powder but if you don't have these utensils please prepare these utensils. Please use your favolite bowl. Without tea whisk, you can make tea with milk former, small whisk. If you cannot get matcha powder, please use cocoa powder. In my workshop, the most important things are enjoying making tea and understanding that the Japanese tea ceremony is an active meditation. And you can enjoy the tea meditation with your own utensils anytime you want.