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 […]

I have not expected such many guests visiting my tea house this year. I offer special thanks to my dearest guests. I tried to learn more and more things about Kaiseki Japanese dishes and realized as much as I could. I wi […]

On a cold day in November, Barry & Natascha came to my tea house. They are traveling in Japan for a month because they are charmed with Japanese culture. Even they planned all the itinerary by themselves. As good tra […]

I welcomed a sophisticated woman from the U.S. She was traveling in Japan on her own. Such independence and curiosity of hers made the tea ceremony experience deepen. I enjoyed a lot making two kinds of matcha tea for he […]