I remember one of the most memorable chakai was at the Japanese Garden in Winter. The snow was softly falling and it was only the host and I. The scroll hanging in the tokonoma read, “Everything’s important, nothing really matters.”
He had opened up all of the windows to the tea house and made tea …
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Shiro an is a basic ingredient for making wagashi, or Japanese tea sweets. This white bean paste can be colored, hand formed, molded and manipulated and used in many. many different ways to make different kinds of wagashi.
When I was learning to make this, Minako sensei said to make a big batch, because it …
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The student says, “I am very discouraged about my tea study. What should I do?”
Sensei says, “Encourage others.”
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One of the things Machida Gyotei sensei taught us about movement within the tea room is that when you are wearing kimono, only your feet are showing, so you want to make sure that you are walking, turning, sitting and standing in a way that doesn’t look awkward and call additional attention to …
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