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Japanese tea ceremony — chanoyu or chado in Japanese — is a centuries-old tradition that encompasses many facets of Japanese culture.
While Japanese people often practice it as part of their heritage, in the past
decades chanoyu has spread around the world.
This site is maintained by a group of teachers and students affiliated with the
Urasenke school of tea ceremony headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. Our goal is to
help others experience the world of chanoyu, whether they come as visitors to our demonstrations or students at our classes.
We hope you enjoy our site, and please feel free to contact us with any
questions you have.
“If you want, you can make an appointment with the gallery to come and view the
utensils that they have in storage – even take them out and handle them. For tea people, it’s an extraordinary opportunity to handle the types of utensils that we normally
only read about in books. “
September 5 -- Tea ceremony demonstration at Shofuso, the Japanese House and Gardens. Experience tea ceremony with tea
instructor Taeko Shervin and join in drinking and sweets. Two sittings: 1 p.m.
and 2:30 p.m. Fee: $30, or $25 for Shofuso members. To register, call (215)
878-5097 or e-mail info@shofuso.com.
October 3 -- Tea ceremony demonstration at Shofuso, the Japanese House and Gardens. Experience tea ceremony with tea
instructor Taeko Shervin and join in drinking and sweets. Two sittings: 1 p.m.
and 2:30 p.m. Fee: $30, or $25 for Shofuso members. To register, call (215)
878-5097 or e-mail info@shofuso.com.
October 10 -- Omotesenke tea ceremony demonstration at Shofuso, the Japanese House and Gardens. Omotesenke is a different school of
tea ceremony from Urasenke, which is the style normally demonstrated at
Shofuso. Don’t miss this chance to see the difference! There will be three sittings of usucha
(thin tea) at 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m.; the fee for these is $30, or $25 for
Shofuso members. There will also be one sitting of koicha (thick tea) at 2 p.m.
in the tea room; space for this sitting is extremely limited. The fee is $40,
or $35 for Shofuso members. Reservations are required for all sittings. To
register, call (215) 878-5097 or e-mail
info@shofuso.com.
