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Kagetsu Koshukai, Beginner’s Perspective
Hello fellow Tea Lovers! It’s Karla and I apologize for my long absence from the blog. I recently completed my Masters in Teaching and have been busy, busy, busy with school, student teaching and a continuing job search. Here is a lovely picture of what Oregon looks like when the sun is coming through the …
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Obonfest at Oregon Buddhist Temple
Obon is an annual Buddhist event for commemorating one’s ancestors. It is believed that each year during obon, the ancestors’ spirits return to this world in order to visit their relatives.
Traditionally, lanterns are hung in front of houses to guide the ancestors’ spirits, obon dances (bon odori) are performed, graves are visited and food …
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Presentation at Portland Japanese Garden
Issoan Tea School will be presenting Chado, the Way of Tea at the Portland Japanese Garden this Saturday, July 21st at 1 and 2 pm.
Please join us for a presentation of the Tea Ceremony at Kashintei, the “Flower heart arbor” tea house at the Portland Japanese Garden. The presentation is free with admission to …
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Tanabata Chakai
A wonderful day of tea Saturday at the Issoan Tea School. Students celebrated the Star Festival with a chakai put on the advanced class who invited the new students who had never attended a chakai before.
We went through the planning process from choosing a theme, utensils, poetic names, hand made invitations to making sweets.
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From the archives
Today is my 400th post on the SweetPersimmon blog, and to celebrate, (ha) I went back to read all the entries from the beginning. I am linking to some of my favorite posts, in no particular order. What is your favorite post on the site?
Guest etiquette for chakai
Hataraki – working things out
Thoughts …
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