Tag Archives: 茶道 – tea ceremony

Korean BBQ

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Tea ceremony in the afternoon. My second class of koicha (thick tea), before I have only done the thin tea. It went quite well. The procedure is similar but the tricky part seems to be making the thick tea.

My sensei was surprised that I manage to make the thick tea so smooth though it was only the second time. I have no idea what I actually did special. I just stirred it until it looked like I wanted to drink it 🙂

After the tea ceremony I met Chie in a crowded (as always) Shinjuku. We went to Keio department store to check on some Fjällräven clothes. I bought a pair of shorts and 2 t-shirts. Buy Swedish!

Then we met my sensei t have dinner. Korean BBQ. We had meet until it was popping out of our ears. Then we rolled home in a pleasantly cool evening night.

Tea Ceremony

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After a long summer vacation (from tea class) it resumed today. We were 6 people including Mina-sensei.

I arrived about 20 minutes late because I got on a super-duper-express train that went on and on and on without ever-never stopping. It felt like I was back in Sweden, almost, when it finally stopped. And I got on a train back.

When I finally got to the tea class they were just entering the tea room. Since the class was quite big today each prepared tea for 2-3 persons rather than for all. Except me. I was the last one to prepare tea. And I had to prepare for all 5. Like a punishment for being late?


Ofuro etc. Flower setting
Japanese sweets Working on becoming a tea master

At 6 pm I went back to Naka-Meguro where I met Chie and Yoshiki-san at Jojoen for yaki-niku dinner. Yammy!

Tea Ceremony

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Another tea ceremony. I enjoy going to tea ceremony. It is very relaxing.

A few months back I had a stressful time at the office, and at that time I had difficulties concentrating on the tea ceremony. This seems contradictory to what I mentioned above, but please let me explain. Tea ceremony is not relaxing automagically just like meditation is not relaxing automagically.

You have to have a purpose and, at least to some degree, be able and comfortable with it. So I have re-decided that tea ceremony is important enough for not letting office issues cloud my mind during “tea time”.


Bell pepper Edamame - soy beans

Oh, on my way to the tea ceremony, just outside my sensei’s home, I found bell pepper and edamame (soy beans).