Shifuku 仕服
In Chanoyu, the Japanese Tea Ceremony, valued and high status pieces such as the chaire (tea caddy) and prized chawan are displayed […]
In Chanoyu, the Japanese Tea Ceremony, valued and high status pieces such as the chaire (tea caddy) and prized chawan are displayed […]
On 15th July I attended a “Chakai”. Talking with the person that made it and her difficulty in translating the word into […]
In Hyōgo prefecture there is small old town named Izushi. It has the old castle ruins, a shrine, a torii gate… and […]
The MUJI Community Market in Singapore took place in Plaza Singapura from 8 June to 21 June as part of MUJI’s global […]
From the 30th December 2022 to the 1st January 2023, the city of Hội An (fittingly, the name translates as “peaceful meeting […]
On 19th October Anna was invited by Sociedad de Estudios Asiáticos of University Francisco de Vitoria of Madrid, to give a talk […]
The traditional whisk used to prepare matcha is called chasen (茶筅). It was invented in Takayama, a little mountain town in Nara […]
We said many times there is not much published on Japanese tea in other languages and some time ago we reviewed 3 […]