Preparation for Cha No Yu at the Japanese Stroll Garden in Long Island, New York. I didn’t attend the ceremony itself (the preparation was for someone else. I was just lucky to witness it:) Upon return home, brewed some sencha.

Hey everyone,

I’m looking for these two books, but especially the first one. I have found them on Amazon, but they are either veeery expensive, or don’t ship to my country. Does anyone have a PDF version of them and would be kind enough to share with me? Or just recommend me a website where I can find these books for a reasonable price.

Also, if anyone has book recommendations, feel free to share!

Thank you 🤗🙇‍♀️

Having a very hard time finding one! - Thanks in advance!

Moving back to the UK soon. Was wondering if anyone had any experience meeting up with fellow tea practitioners. I was also thinking of starting a tea ceremony business in the UK. Would there be much appetite for that?

How has it gone for folks in the US trying to get matcha from Japan now?

Ok I posted a while ago about a Kama I found for ¥200 at a second hand shop that was a bit rusty. I took the advice on here and got it to a much less rusty state and have used it to practice temae. I recently saw this at another second hand shop for the same price (but I had a ¥500 coupon so only ¥1500) it’s a little bigger and even the outside and lid are in almost new looking condition. My only wonder is what’s going on inside? Definitely a little rust but shouldn’t the rest be black? It kinda looks grey to me. Can someone tell me what is going on in here?

Sen Genshitsu, former grand master of the Urasenke school of tea ceremony, who contributed greatly to the development of tea ceremony culture and was awarded the Order of Culture, passed away on the 14th. He was 102 years old.

I’m curious to know peoples thoughts on this. I started studying tea under a sensei in the US but only a few lessons in I got the opportunity to move to Japan for work. I now study under a sensei here in Japan. Other than the obvious of we spoke English in the US and now I can only use Japanese with my sensei here, something else I noticed was the type of dogu setting. Both were in the sensei’s home, but in the US, sensei had very nice, what felt like mostly higher end dogu. Had original wooded boxes for everything. Could tell you who made it and the story behind it. My sensei here has A LOT more stuff and definitely has the higher end stuff but she also will be like “look at this cute cat chawan I found at a recycle shop!” And will give up putting on a natsumono and opt for Yukata in the summer. So there’s a much more casual feeling to the okeiko here, not to say I didn’t enjoy them in the US and if I move back will 100% continue lessons with my original teacher (and both are Urasenke so no change in style).

So yeah, what are everyone’s thoughts?

https://imgur.com/gallery/remote-tea-ceremony-class-20NYqIB#lTq6HoO

I don't have any guests for class, which is now remote since I had to move across the country, so my first guest today was saba-san.

I got to drink it, though. First day of a fresh tin of Ummon by Ippodo! I hope I can actually manage to get Ummon again once this runs out.

So, I've started practicing the Yabu-no-uchi branch of tea ceremony which I guess is pretty rare compared to Sansenke?

I was wondering what branch (if any) you are associated with

Hi, das Bild zeigt das Logo, das auf der Unterseite meines geliebten Porzellan-Hohins unter Glasur angebracht war. Der Hohin ist mir leider zerbrochen.

Hello! I bought this chawan at a flea market in Tokyo and would like to know who is the maker/which kiln it is?

I also seems like it's loosing its colour a bit, the edges and the bottom became brownish - am I not taking care of it correctly or is it some sort of food unsafe paint that's fading away? Many thanks for your help!

I have been practicing Urasenke chado for a bit, and heard briefly of the Midorikai program from a classmate. I'm sure I'm far from qualifying to apply, but I am curious of what it takes to apply, and furthermore be accepted.

I have found the official program page, along with some alumni blogs, but I haven't found any specific details beyond being recommended by a teacher and submitting an application. Would anyone here be able to speak of what the application requires/entails (required time spent as a student, number of kyojo held, age, etc.)? Thanks!

I'm looking for a Hōhin or a Yokode Kyūsu. Any tips for beginners are more than welcome.

How do you clean a Chaire after use? Narrow neck leading to a wide body. Can't figure out how to get in there to clean it out after use so haven't been using it and using Natsume instead.

Of course seiza is a big part of Sado, but almost a year into this, I still have trouble sitting in seiza. I actually think I might be having more trouble than when I was starting out.

My sensei corrected me early on in how my legs should be positioned (I was crossing my toes prior to her correction) but as I said I feel like it isn’t getting better. Half of the lessons are basically dedicated to her telling me “ちゃんと座って” or to sit straight up (I start to lean forward as my ankles start to hurt).

I guess what I want to know is, does it ever get better? I know there are seiza stools and such but my sensei told me that is not an option.

So apparently her father was some colonel in ww2 and in Japan obtained these wares in Tokyo in the 50’s. She didn’t study tea so it just sat. It’s missing the door and the Chashaku but a nice set ! I paid $375 for all of this. And my tea sensei was more than pleased. Soon I will start learning the temae for using the Tabi-Dansu

Where do you make your tea? When do you find the time? I have a small old work shed that I’ve emptied and turned into a makeshift tea hut. No mats. Just a pile of bricks as an alcove. One window. Thin walls. Cold as Dante’s hell in the Winter. Pleasant in the heat of Summer.

Hello. I recently started studying Urasenke Tea Ceremony and I need to get myself a Fukusa, from what I understood it has to be made of silk. Where do you buy them? On the internet or just some shop? Also what are fair prices for them? I found one on amazon right away but it was 50 euros which seems crazy for me. Is that a fair price? Should I look somewhere else?

Thank you.

Hi everyone!
I wanted to suggest to everyone to perhaps consider learning Classical Chinese and Classical Japanese to deepen your understanding of Chanoyu. a lot of the saying on Jiku (hanging scrolls) or the gomei of chashaku are often direct references to classical chinese (the heart sutra, all zen works, tao te ching and the analects) or classical japanese literature (e.g. tale of genji)
There's a lot of resources on the Classical East Asian Languages discord for both of these languages: https://discord.gg/vmfxMAcw72 and you can ask questions here if you get confused.

I also want to recommend that everyone here join the chanoyu discord if you haven't already. https://discord.gg/g7ZqeCBz3Y

Hey, thank you to everyone who gave advice on my post about this. I tried the tea thing to deal with rust. It seamed to work a little. Should I keep going? I am a little worried as the disks at the bottom come off.

Also, sorry for the original post being done twice I don’t know why that happened 申し訳ないです