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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Tim McRobert produced a half hour documentary about Chado: The Way of Tea in Oregon. It will be broadcast on Oregon Public Broadcasting cable this Sunday. It was shot at the Portland Japanese Garden and various tea rooms around the Portland area.
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Issoan Tea School is one of the groups featured in the film.You …
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The Autumn Moonviewing Festival, O-Tsukimi, will be held at the Portland Japanese Garden September 28, 29, 30th from 6- 8:30 pm.
On a quiet autumn evening more than 200 years ago, a retired imperial prince sat patiently on the polished bamboo floor of the veranda waiting for the moon’s reflection to shimmer across the pond …
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I’d like to take this opportunity to acknowledge one of my huge supporters, Barbara Walker. Barbara and I have shared our love for the way of tea for more than 30 years. She and I studied with Minako sensei for 20 years, before she passed away. We help each other with Chado presentations, classes and …
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We have been talking about poetic names and the sounds of the Japanese summer. The Japanese cicada or semi are a ubiquitous part of the soundscape in summer. Different species, I guess hatch at different times so there are different songs throughout the summer.
I remember trying to fall asleep in Kyoto and the semi …
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