Would you like to experience the tea ceremony, a part of Japanese culture?
The utensils and flowers used in the tea ceremony have a uniquely Japanese sense of beauty, which is called wabi-sabi, and in it one can feel a Zen-like state of mind. By learning about the tea ceremony, one can appreciate traditional Japanese culture, the Japanese mind, and the beauty of Japan.
Tea ceremony Experience
The tea ceremony is a representative traditional culture of Japan.
The utensils and flowers used in the tea ceremony have a uniquely Japanese sense of beauty, which is called wabi-sabi, and in it one can feel a Zen-like state of mind. By learning about the tea ceremony, one can appreciate traditional Japanese culture, the Japanese mind, and the beauty of Japan.
Visitors enter the tea ceremony room through a small entrance called a “nijiriguchi. It is said that the tea ceremony room was created to be a world of equality, where everyone is equal regardless of gender, age, occupation, status, or position. It is a rare experience to enter the tea ceremony room “Shogenan”, a 2-mat tea ceremony room (4㎡) in a narrow space modeled after the national treasure “Taian” tea ceremony room built by Rikyu.
A small room of 2 tatami mats
Nijiriguti(small entrance）
small window
Tea ceremony utensils are works of art. While paintings and sculptures can only be appreciated, tea utensils can be used, touched, and drunk from. Why don’t you try to touch and feel the tea ceremony utensils?
Tea at Shogenan, a tea ceremony room added to a modern house that is not an old-fashioned building
It will be a wonderful memory of Japan for you.
Matcha leaves are ground to powder using a stone mortar to make matcha. Even Japanese people rarely have the opportunity to drink matcha ground by themselves. This is an extremely valuable experience.
Make the main confectionery. Make it for yourself using bean paste in a wagashi mold.
Making dried sweets. Fill molds with wasanbon (100% sugar made from sugarcane) and make sweets with Japanese flower patterns. You can take home as a souvenir.
Time required: 3 hours
Cost per person 15000 yen (incl. tax)
Reservations only
Capacity from 1 to 3 people at a time (due to the small space in the room at 2 m2 )
Dates November through April Sundays, Mondays, Fridays, and holidays
Opening time 11：00，13：00，16：00
Address: 6-9-11 Oguri, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Email address syogenan@sadou.net
Name syogenan（ matsubara shigetosi ）
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