Tea Ceremony in Tokyo

d6h0kk95 · 22 Aug 2012

Hi,

I will be in Tokyo next week and I would like to see a traditional tea ceremony, not a good one, a very good one since I am really interrested in it. I found some hotels that offer it on Google, but I prefer to get your advice.

Thanks for your help

Julien

ewww · 22 Aug 2012

My suggestion is: buy tea and drink it alone in Your hotel room.

I participated that strange ritual in Ueno park in Tokyo: alot of bling-bling and bla-bla, very uncomfotrable; and ... what is most important: tea is so-so, I would say horrible. Just go to tea shop, buy loose leaf gyokuro tea from Uji, thermometer and timer - that is all what You need.

Ceremony is for people who like ceremony, who does not care about taste of tea ... I think that tea here could be substitued by vodka or cultured buttermilk with the same effect.

Of course, I culd be not right, just 2C

Mike Cash · 22 Aug 2012

He was very clear about being interested in the CEREMONY.

ewww · 22 Aug 2012

Just consider my post as warning that tea ceremony in Ueno park is not perfect, just because You should come here with own ~~buttermilk~~ TEA.

Toritoribe · 23 Aug 2012

ewww said:
My suggestion is: buy tea and drink it alone in Your hotel room.

I participated that strange ritual in Ueno park in Tokyo: alot of bling-bling and bla-bla, very uncomfotrable; and ... what is most important: tea is so-so, I would say horrible. Just go to tea shop, buy loose leaf gyokuro tea from Uji, thermometer and timer - that is all what You need.

Ceremony is for people who like ceremony, who does not care about taste of tea ... I think that tea here could be substitued by vodka or cultured buttermilk with the same effect.

Of course, I culd be not right, just 2C

Eh, do you know how tea is made in tea ceremony? Just go to tea shop, buy loose leaf gyokuro tea from Uji, thermometer and timer - that is ALL WHAT YOU NEED???

ewww · 23 Aug 2012

Toritoribe said:
Eh, do you know how tea is made in tea ceremony?

As I wrote before, I admitted once. Sorry, I did not watch Your video, because it looks similar the ceremony
I went once, may be different in details. It is just another boring show for tourists which has ceremony
and does not have tea. That's why I suggested to brew and drink tea in hotel.

Very interesting story how I did get to that ceremony: I asked my japanese friends to accompany me, and I did
receive the same suggestion about tea and thermometer. All their arguments were like: boring, for gaijins only,
fake, bogus performance, etc. So, I went to ceremony alone

Tea Ceremony in Tokyo

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