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I went to the Tokyo National Museum in Ueno to escort 10 international and Japanese graduate school students to the tea ceremony. Before that we saw the national treasures at the museum. Volunteer staffs came to the entrance to meet us at 11:30 AM and led to the tea house called Okyokan (応挙館) through the garden where is closed at this time of the year.
There were three parts. First we observed o temae (お点前), the tea making procedure and ate sweets and drank green tea called o maccha (お抹茶). Second they explained about the history of Okyokan and paintings inside of Okyokan by a famous painter Maruyama Okyo (円山応挙). Third we looked around the tea room including wall paintings, the copy of the very expensive scroll of 36 famous poets and tea utensils. They say the original scroll cost yen 40 billion or so.
It was about one hour tour, and cost yen 500 per person. I think this is a very good experience for foreigners to see traditional Japanese culture, tea ceremony. If you are interested in, you need to contact them one month before the event.
I went to the Tokyo National Museum in Ueno to escort 10 international and Japanese graduate school students to the tea ceremony. Before that we saw the national treasures at the museum. Volunteer staffs came to the entrance to meet us at 11:30 AM and led to the tea house called Okyokan (応挙館) through the garden where is closed at this time of the year.
There were three parts. First we observed o temae (お点前), the tea making procedure and ate sweets and drank green tea called o maccha (お抹茶). Second they explained about the history of Okyokan and paintings inside of Okyokan by a famous painter Maruyama Okyo (円山応挙). Third we looked around the tea room including wall paintings, the copy of the very expensive scroll of 36 famous poets and tea utensils. They say the original scroll cost yen 40 billion or so.
It was about one hour tour, and cost yen 500 per person. I think this is a very good experience for foreigners to see traditional Japanese culture, tea ceremony. If you are interested in, you need to contact them one month before the event.
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