About Tea Ceremony

Chanoyu, known as Tea Ceremony, is the tradition most representative of Japanese hospitality.
It is a composite art experience of Japan, combining a variety of Japanese traditional arts and crafts.

The lifelong practice of tea ceremony is known as Chado 茶道,or the Way of Tea, which is the spiritual and aesthetic discipline for the refinement of the self.

“和敬清寂（Wa-Kei-Sei-Jaku）” – Harmony, Respect, Purity and Tranquility are the goals which the etiquette of making and savoring a bowl of matcha seek to achieve.

Imperfect, Impermanent, and Incomplete

These terms are to describe distinguished philosophy of Japanese aesthetics – wabi and sabi. Tea ceremony “inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order”, “ It is essentially a worship of the imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life.” – Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea, 1906.

Tea as Mindfulness

Chado has been practiced by Japanese for centuries to shed worldly attachments and feel a complete relaxation.
The old saying “茶禅一味（Cha-Zen-ichi-mi)”, literally meaning Chado and Zen are equal.
This suggests tea is a perfect way to feel mindfulness.
We enjoy the moments while preparing and savoring tea, awakening senses and awareness of surroundings,
and to find what is the real importance of life.