As promised here are some of the other activities from this fall: (warning another image heavy post)
In October I went to the Northwest Tea Festival in Seattle. There were a lot of tea enthusiasts and presentations and tea tastings. While in Seattle we visited a few of the tea shops as well.
I was …
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As my classes are preparing to host a chakai this summer, I thought that I would talk a little about tea gatherings.
Chakai are rather informal tea gatherings. Sweets and usucha are usually served, and usually no meal is served at a chakai. I have been to chakai in Japan where there were hundreds of …
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he Portland Japanese Garden Shogatsu celebration, where we made tea for the public with the Misonodana.
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Happy New Year. It is the year of the snake, and the chokudai for this year is “standing.”
We are lucky enough to have a robust chado community in Portland and so far there has been two Hatsugama chakai with two more to go.
Issoan Tea School held Hatsugama on January 5 at two seki. …
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I had the privilege of attending an Omotesenke chakai this last weekend. Even though I have participated in chakai in Japan, it was very educational to be able to see it again in a much more intimate setting.
I get asked all the time about the differences between Omotesenke and Urasenke. I usually respond that …
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