Usucha (thin tea)
A beverage made by mixing matcha powder with hot water.
Higashi (Dried sweets)
Snacks such as biscuits and dried fruit.
Usucha (Thin Tea) Session.
Enter the tea room through the garden from the waiting area and enjoy Higashi (dried sweets) and Usucha.
Escape the daily grind and relax amidst nature and tranquility, restoring both mind and body.
Heal, restore, and rejuvenate your spirit. There's nothing complicated about it. Just feel.
Escape the daily grind and relax amidst nature and tranquility, restoring both mind and body. Heal, restore, and rejuvenate your spirit. There's nothing complicated about it. Just feel. (Personally, I recommend sessions in the early morning or after sunset.) Guests prepare themselves in the waiting room, drinking hot water while they wait.
When the host invites you to enter, step outside into the garden, rinse your hands and mouth with water, and then enter the tea room.
The guest eats the dried sweets that have been brought to them (You can eat them if you want, or not if you don't want to).
Guests may have as much dried sweets and usucha as they want. After that, the guests return to the waiting room through the garden.
1. Participants must be 18 years of age or older. 2. Detailed explanations will not be provided. 3. If notified at least one week in advance, a Koicha (thick tea) session (including main sweets and thick tea) can be added. The session lasts 30 minutes. The cost is ¥1,500 per person. 4. All necessary equipment will be provided. 5. You can purchase matcha and tea ceremony utensils.
I am 八風庵宗圓 (Happuan Souen), a professor of the Omotesenke school of matcha tea ceremony. I possess extensive knowledge and experience gained through teaching students and conducting numerous formal tea events. While tea ceremony carries an image of formality, I decided to host this class featuring a formal experience with detailed explanations, hoping to make matcha more accessible and enjoyable.
Depending on your preferences, I can also explain aspects beyond the tea ceremony itself, such as kimono, tea cuisine, tea ceremony utensils, tea rooms and gardens, and historical background. Matcha and tea utensils are also available for purchase. The experience takes place in my home's tatami-floored Japanese-style room, though table seating can be arranged upon request. The duration of the experience can also be adjusted to suit your schedule.
I sincerely hope you enjoy this experience.
The closest station
Nishiyama-tennozan Station
How to get to the station?
From Kyoto Kawaramachi Station: 20mins
Exact location provided after booking.
Up to 2 people can join Mutsuko's cooking class.
Yes, Retreat: Usucha (thin tea) Session by Sadō (tea master) has a vegetarian option.
It costs 2000 per person.
Duration of this cooking class is 1 hours.
You will receive the confirmation within 24 hours.
We accepts these cards on airKitchen.
Cancellations up to 48 hours prior to the class begins will be fully refunded by the airKitchen cancellation policy.
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