Just after the Olympic Games , on the end of the February, tow groups came to my tea house. Two beautiful ladies showed up in kimono for an authentic tea ceremony. As seasonal ingredients, I prepared scallops sashimi, tu […]

Happy New Year! I hope I will meet many people this year in my teahouse. In this month, I have welcomed three groups. This is a sign of good omen. 1st Jan. the first guest in 2026 was a mother and a daughter from the U.S […]

10 foreign guests tried to experience of tea ceremony. First, I made a cup of matcha tea for each after serving mochi. Then they themselves tried making a cup of matcha. Very successful. They were serious and concentrate […]

In Nagano, cherry blossom season was finishing. Kyrylo, Kateryna and Oskar are a beautiful family. They wore kimono first and looked great. And attended a tea ceremony with light meal. After that, Kyrylo and Kateryna tri […]

Happy New Year! It was the mid January, I welcomed a fantastic family from Australia.The parents Dan and Melissa have a lot of intellectual curiosity. They are very interested in Tea Ceremony and its history.The sister A […]

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 […]