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The Art of Japanese Tea Ceremony in Tokyo with Takeda Rie
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The Art of Japanese Tea Ceremony in Tokyo with Takeda Rie



Tea ceremony in Ginza:
https://www.byfood.com/experiences/tea-ceremony-and-kimono-experience-in-ginza-408
https://www.byfood.com/experiences/traditional-tea-ceremony-in-ginza-407

Follow along as Shizuka dons a kimono and enters through a tiny sliding door into a “chashitsu” tea room. There, she’s joined by tea ceremony instructor Takeda Rie, who has over 40 years of experience participating in and hosting traditional tea ceremonies.

Known as “chado” or “sado” (literally, “way of tea”), the traditional tea ceremony has been around for centuries in Japan. Tea ceremony culture first came from China along with Zen Buddhism and tea was originally consumed by priests and noblemen in Japan.

Samurai culture is also deeply intertwined with the Japanese tea ceremony. The door to enter the tea room was specifically made so small so that the samurai were forced to leave their swords behind (as they would not fit through the door). When entering the tea room, there is certainly a feeling of peace and warm hospitality.

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🎬CREDITS:
HOST » Shizuka Anderson
DIRECTOR » David Woo
VIDEO EDITOR » Edvin Mulalic
PRODUCER » Serkan Toso
LINE PRODUCER » Rika Hoffman
TRANSLATOR » Hanna Kato

25 Comments

  3. Nahid Hassan

    do you have any intention on changing the sound settings of your videos…. it feels too muffled 🙃
    no offense
    great show!

  4. Seán White

    Everything is so lovely, and the two ladies are both so considerate and polite. Very enjoyable, thank you.

  5. TL

    I am curious. Is Anderson your father's family name or your husband's family name? You don't look mixed.

  6. Mrd Durian

    Hi Shizuka, such a beautiful kimono and tea ceremony. Hopefully I can make it to Japan this year.

  7. Paul Navarro

    Such a beautiful ceremony. Thank you for featuring this. Part of the bucket list now. Thank you Shizuka.

  13. ML 7

    When she washed her hands, she should have used the cup for drinking. I'm kidding.

  18. Shirumoon

    I just came back to this video after having watched it a couple months ago and it is fascinating and beautiful each time. I am very disconneted from my own culture so observing rituals and wisdom from other cultures is very enriching.

  19. Linda Perry

    I am reading a book, The Wisdom of Tea, by a Noriko Morishita. She was taught the tea ceremony by a Tomoko Takeda, who may be the mother of Rie in this video.

  20. Liam

    This is my first time stumbling across this channel (I was researching Japanese tea) and I have to say Shizuka is a very good host, she has a very good on camera presence, hard to explain, but yeah I'm gonna stick around, looks like this channel has lots of great content

  23. Michele Moore

    I was loving this video until the tea ceremony teacher said young Japanese people prefer Starbucks Matcha Latte more than traditional Japanese tea ceremony. When the teacher said that I literally cried out, “I’m so sorry!” I feel like an apology is order for Starbucks helping to destroy a beautiful culture.

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