May 10 We had the annual tea plantation and manufacturing process field trip to Uji today. All the Midorikai students and second-year Japanese students woke up early to catch the train from Kuramaguchi station to Uji. We started at Marukyu Koyama-en for a tea plantation tour and fresh tea tasting. I’ve had their koicha before …
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My heart is heavy from this past weekend as I learned that a friend of mine passed away. There were three of us who studied together with Minako sensei every Thursday night for many, many years, and now he is gone, and Minako sensei is gone.
It seems like we grew up together and now …
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May 7 We have had some days off several public holidays on Friday April 29 and May 3-5. Since last I wrote I’ve done quite a lot. Some of us on Saturday, April 30 went to an Art of Zen exhibit at the Kyoto National Art Museum. I learned the story of Daruma (the little …
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Anyone interested in the art of Japanese Tea Ceremony, Issoan Tea has a new place to study. In addition to classes at Issoan, we had our first lesson at the Jasmine Pearl Tea Company in their Darjeeling room. It is located at 724 NE 22nd Ave, Portland, OR 97232. Classes will be held there …
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April 29
We had a holiday today so I bought a ticket to go see the Miyako Odori performance in the Gion district. We were unable to take pictures but here is a link to some information in English about the show: http://www.miyako-odori.jp/english/ This is the 144th performance and every day in April geiko and …
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