Tour Report – Green Tea and Wagashi Delights in Tokyo

Green Tea and Wagashi Delights in Tokyo We were proud to welcome a group of guests from the US and Japan to our newly constructed tea house in Toritsudai yesterday. Crawling into the tea room through a tiny entrance space as well as sitting upright straight in Japanese way must have been a bit of a challenge for our foreign guests. However, we were very impressed by how they challenged it and succeeded with big smiles! Luckily, the sun was coming out by the time we saw the guests off in the afternoon.   If you are interested in this […]

Tour Report – Jul. 1st, 2017

Green Tea and Wagashi Delights in Tokyo Cherry trees are getting ready to bloom very soon. In a couple of weeks, we’ll be enjoying the flowers along the park that leads us to our tea instructor’s house in Toritsudaigaku. We had a mother and two daughters at our casual tea ceremony workshop today. They are from Salt Lake City, Utah (USA). The daughters tried sitting in the Japanese formal way, which even we Japanese have hard time doing. The sweets were in the shape of cherry blossoms and there was a hint of Spring at every corner of the room. […]

Tour Report – Mar. 13th, 2017

Green Tea and Wagashi Delights in Tokyo   It is still cold but there is a hint of spring in the air. We had two couples at our tea ceremony workshop yesterday at Toritsu-daigaku. One couple is from India and another from Italy. The tea bowls, utensils and the setup of the tea room had the theme of spring. Some of the tea bowls had motifs of the girls festival “hinamatsuri”. They did amazing job in preparing matcha tea themselves although it was their first time doing so. It was fun visiting Japanese sweets shop after the tea ceremony as […]

Tour Report – Mar. 4th, 2017

Green Tea and Wagashi Delights in Tokyo We welcomed very wonderful guests who came from New Jersey, America in our tour “Green Tea and Wagashi Delights in Tokyo” . They were classmates in high school. When they leave tea master’s home, they came back to the tea ceremony room to give our tea master their thank. Their polite behavior was very impressive.   If you are interested in this post, please check below! Green Tea and Wagashi Delights in Tokyo: http://goo.gl/zEFQLw   The Scenes from This Tour             If you are interested in this post, please check below! […]

Tour Report – Aug. 12th, 2016

Green Tea and Wagashi Delights in Tokyo   Our wonderful guests enjoyed tasting Matcha Green Tea and Wagashi Sweets in our tour “Green Tea and Wagashi Delights in Tokyo”.. They are familiar with Japanese culture, so that this tour was very lively. We are happy to be able to spend time with you through this tour.   If you are interested in this post, please check below! Green Tea and Wagashi Delights in Tokyo:  http://goo.gl/zEFQLw   The Scenes from This Tour                         If you are interested in this post, […]

Tour Report – Apr. 16th, 2016

Green Tea and Wagashi Delights in Tokyo We had wonderful guests, Mr. & Mrs. Chiero today in our tour “Green Tea and Wagashi Delights in Tokyo”. We are very glad that they tried Japanese cultural experiences in their first trip to Japan. Please enjoy the rest of your stay in Japan.   If you are interested in this post, please check below! Green Tea and Wagashi Delights in Tokyo:  http://goo.gl/zEFQLw   The Scenes from This Tour                 If you are interested in this post, please check below! Green Tea and Wagashi Delights in […]

Tour Report – Nov. 11th, 2015