Join us to celebrate the art of the Japanese Tea Ceremony and the making of the vessels and food involved in this ancient practice.

Tea Ceremony with Tea Grand master Soshin Kimura.

Drop-in Sessions:

12pm – 12.40pm
12:50pm – 1.30pm
1.40pm – 2.20pm
2.30pm – 3.10pm
3.20pm – 4pm

Included in Day Ticket Admission.
Please note you will also need a valid Day Ticket, Annual Pass or Membership

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Demonstration: Crafting the art of Chasen tea whisks and Chashaku tea scoops by Tango Tanimura XX, 20th generation of the Tanimura family of tea whisk and bamboo craftsman.

Sat 21 Sep, 1pm – 2pm
FREE, drop-in and observe

Please note you will also need a valid Day Ticket, Annual Pass or Membership

Demonstration: the art of Wagashi (traditional sweets-making) by Ms. Maki Ishihara, up-and-coming sweets maker with her own Tokyo atelier, Asaki.

Sat 21 Sep, 2pm – 3pm
FREE, drop-in and observe

Please note you will also need a valid Day Ticket, Annual Pass or Membership

Soshin Kimura, Grand Tea Master of Hoshinkai
Executive Creative Director (The scholar association of Traditional & Modern Japanese TEA culture)

Soshin Kimura was born in 1976 in Ehime pref. and graduated from Kobe University.

Mr. Kimura began learning Sado (Japans traditional tea culture) from childhood and in 1997 established the Hoshinkai School.

He presides over keikoba (practice halls) in Kyoto and Tokyo.

At the same time, he is actively involved in writing on the theme of Japanese traditional tea culture (chanoyu) in various affiliated media and in direction/production of exhibitions.

Mr. Kimura frequently collaborates with creators/designers inside and outside Japan, and takes these opportunities to promote and popularize understanding of the Sado world from various approaches.

He won the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards Pastry Cookbook Grand Prize in 2015 for his book 『Ichi-nichi Ikka』 (One Day, One Sweet).

He has also received awards from the Japanese Association of Museums and the China National Tea Museum in China.

He was decorated with the Dark Blue Ribbon Medal by His Majesty the Emperor on August 28, 2010.

He is a member of The Japan P.E.N. Club and THE JAPAN WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION.

Umbrella Tea House, Creative Supervisor/ Tea Ceremony direction: Soshin Kimura Architect: Kazuhiro Yajima, Technical Planning and Construction: HIYOSHIYA Co, Ltd