Jason & Sarah are from the U.S. They came to Japan to see natures and cultures. After visiting the Monkey Park, they dropped by my tearoom. 4th December was Sarah’s birthday. I prepared a small gift for her. I […]

Fernando asked me to make his wife’s birthday special. As they stayed in Nagano on the day, I arranged a tea ceremony with kimono experience. They looked gorgeous in kimono. People in the kimono shop were amazed. T […]

Tanka is a traditional poem that has been created form more than 1300 years ago.It consists of 31 syllables. I have been practiced 20 years.It is good way to make a record of the each moment of my life just like a journa […]

Two months have past since the season of the hearth ended. Now we use a brazier. It is important to learn how to arrange charcoal in the brazier to heat the water inside the kettle. I practice to realize efficient arrang […]

On the New Year’s Day, there was a big earthquake in Japan. On TV news, we saw heartbreaking scenes in Noto Peninsula. As our land was formed 20 thousand years ago, we went through serious damage by earthquakes man […]