Matcha
Make delicious matcha using iron-infused hot water, boiled in an iron kettle hanging over a large hearth. You will use two very different bowls, one for winter and one for summer, and learn the proper way to whisk matcha for each. You will also learn how the tea room is decorated for drinking this matcha.
Experience both sides of tea ceremony in a single visit. Make matcha twice, once in a winter setting and once in a summer one, with completely different bowls and tools, and feel the seasons change in your own hands. Compare the hanging scroll and the flowers in the tea room, and discover the Japanese idea of yin and yang for yourself. It is rare to see all of this side by side in one place.
Takafumi
Hi, my name is Takafumi.
I have studied Urasenke tea ceremony for over 30 years, and I teach in a traditional Kyoto machiya designated by Kyoto City as an "Important Kyo-machiya."
I want you to experience tea ceremony as it is truly practiced, following the flow of a full tea gathering as closely as possible. You will purify your hands at the stone basin, enter through the tiny crawl-in door, whisk your own matcha, grind tea with a stone mill, and arrange flowers.
Two tea rooms, for winter and summer, show how the ceremony changes with the seasons.
Please ask me anything about Japanese culture.
Kyoto Station and Fushimi Inari are easy to reach; we are a 5-minute walk from Sumizome Station and 9 from JR Fujinomori.
I am looking forward to seeing you.
The closest station
JR Fujinomori Station
How to get to the station?
From Kyoto Station: 10mins
Exact location provided after booking.
It costs 2980 per person.
Yes, Whisk Matcha in Winter & Summer Styles! Tea Class in a City-Designated Kyoto Machiya, Easy Access from Kyoto Station has a vegetarian option.
Yes, Whisk Matcha in Winter & Summer Styles! Tea Class in a City-Designated Kyoto Machiya, Easy Access from Kyoto Station has a vegan option.
Duration of this cooking class is 1 hours.
Up to 6 people can join Takafumi's cooking class.
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.
