Podcasts about urasenke

Ryan and Zongjun welcome Monique from Matcha Moments. Monique shares insights into the growing matcha culture in the Philippines, her Urasenke practice, educating consumers about high-quality matcha, and the importance of local cafes in promoting specialty matcha. Instagram: @matchamoments.ph

Fluent Fiction - Japanese: Whispers of Tranquility: Embracing Mistakes in the Tea Room Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/whispers-of-tranquility-embracing-mistakes-in-the-tea-room Story Transcript:Ja: 輝きを放つ金色の朝日が東京の街を照らし始めた。この喧騒に満ちた都市で、静けさを保つ場所が一つだけあった。茶室「緑風」。そこでは、若き学生たちハルカ、ケンジ、そしてユイが日本の古代から伝わる伝統的な芸術、茶道に挑んでいた。En: The shining golden morning sun began to illuminate the streets of Tokyo. In this bustling city, there was only one place that maintained tranquility - the tea room "Midorikaze". Here, young students Haruka, Kenji, and Yui were challenging the traditional Japanese art of tea ceremony that has been passed down from ancient times.Ja: 「一杯のお茶が人の心を鎮めることができれば、それは真の美しさだと思うの。」茶道講師の言葉で一日が始まった。ハルカは裏千家の素晴らしい茶道の歴史とその複雑さに圧倒されていた。ユイは、ほとんどそのジェスチャーと精神性に感動して目を細めて見ていた。ケンジはただ、全体の流れを受け入れようと努めていた。En: "The ability of a cup of tea to calm one's heart is true beauty," began the day with the words of the tea ceremony instructor. Haruka was overwhelmed by the rich history and complexity of the Urasenke school's splendid tea ceremony. Yui was deeply moved by the gestures and spirituality, squinting her eyes as she watched attentively. Kenji simply tried to accept the overall flow of things.Ja: その日のテーマは「お茶の点心」と「淡泊さ」だった。ユイが最初に実践を試みる順番だった。しかし彼女は多くの規則と儀式を覚えることができず、結局お茶を間違ってこぼしてしまった。「ああ、失礼しました！」彼女は驚いて床に跪いた。さすがの茶道講師も少しだけ目を見開いた。En: The theme of the day was "tea treats" and "simplicity". It was Yui's turn to try the practice first. However, she couldn't remember many rules and rituals, and ended up spilling the tea by mistake. "Oh, I'm so sorry!" she exclaimed, surprised, and knelt down on the floor. Even the tea ceremony instructor raised an eyebrow in surprise.Ja: ハルカとケンジはその場に固まってしまった。しかし、その後何が起こったかと言うと、茶室は静寂に包まれた。まるで時間が止まったかのようだった。すると茶道講師がユイに微笑んだ。「起きて、もう一度やってごらん」と言った。En: Haruka and Kenji stood frozen in place. But then, something unexpected happened - the tea room was enveloped in silence. It felt as if time had stopped. The tea ceremony instructor then smiled at Yui and said, "Get up and try again."Ja: その日、三人は茶道の奥深さを理解し、自分たちのミスを受け入れることを学んだ。お茶をこぼした後のユイの恥ずかしげな笑顔、それは神聖な茶室に新たな闘争と和解の瞬間をもたらした。En: That day, the three of them gained a deeper understanding of the intricacies of tea ceremony and learned to accept their mistakes. Yui's embarrassed smile after spilling the tea brought a moment of new struggle and reconciliation to the sacred tea room.Ja: それ以来、彼らは毎週、「緑風」で訪れ、より深く、より敬意を持って茶道を学ぶことになった。多くの生徒たちがお茶のポットをこぼす。だけど、それは失敗ではない。それは進むことを学ぶ一つの過程なのだと彼らは理解したのだった。En: Since then, they visited "Midorikaze" every week to study the way of tea with deeper respect. Many students would spill the tea pot. But they came to understand that it was not a failure. It was simply a part of the process of learning to move forward. Vocabulary Words:morning: 朝sun: 太陽streets: 街Tokyo: 東京tea room: 茶室students: 学生challenge: 挑戦するtraditional: 伝統的なart: 芸術pass down: 伝えるbeauty: 美しさinstructor: 講師words: 言葉history: 歴史gestures: ジェスチャーspirituality: 精神性rules: 規則rituals: 儀式mistake: 間違いapologize: 謝るfloor: 床unexpected: 予期しないsilence: 静寂understanding: 理解embarrassed: 恥ずかしいsmile: 笑顔weekly: 週に一度respect: 敬意process: 過程Move forward: 前に進む

We're back! In this episode, we had the privilege of sitting down for a fascinating conversation with our Kyoto neighbor, Randy Channell Soei. Randy Channell Soei, a Canadian tea master of the Urasenke tradition is an author and long term resident of Kyoto. He has a deep passion for his art, chanoyu (the way of tea), and is one of the few foreigners licensed to teach this traditional Japanese culture. Soei sensei operates ran Hotei, a cafe in Kyoto's Sanjo shopping arcade, set in a beautifully renovated machiya. Here he has regular tea lessons as well as hosts tea ceremony experiences for people visiting Kyoto. Brought to you by Bento&co, your go-to shop for eating healthier, reducing your environmental impact and saving money with authentic Japanese bento boxes and accessories. Shop online at en.bentoandco.com and take 10% off your first purchase with code PODCAST.

Considerada una de las más grandes escritoras de su generación y una de las voces clave de la literatura latinoamericana contemporánea, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara nació en la provincia de Buenos Aires, en 1968. Ejerció múltiples oficios -desde vender seguros de auto en la calle hasta el diseño gráfico y el periodismo cultural- y fue titular del Laboratorio de Experimentación de la carrera Artes de la Escritura de la Universidad Nacional de las Artes. Actualmente dicta talleres de escritura creativa. Es autora de las nouvelles Le viste la cara a Dios (2011) y Romance de la Negra Rubia (2014), y de las novelas La Virgen Cabeza (2009) y Las aventuras de la China Iron, finalista en la Short List del International Booker Prize (2020) y del Prix Medicis (2021). Su obra ha sido traducida a diversas lenguas. Random House acaba de publicar la nueva y esperada novela de Gabriela, Las niñas del naranjel, en la que la escritora reconstruye desde la ficción la singular figura de la vasca Catalina de Erauso (1592-1650), conocida como la Monja Alférez, legendaria mujer que vivió y trabajó como varón, con diversos nombres, en el siglo XVII. En su novela, el protagonista es Antonio, quien luego una vida plagada de peripecias y viajes, se salva de la horca y huye a internarse en la selva con dos niñitas indígenas y desnutridas, un perro, dos monos y dos caballos. La historia tiene un presente y un pasado; hay una narración en tercera persona y hay también una en primera. Es la voz del protagonista, que se lee a través de una carta que le escribe a su tía, una religiosa que se ocupó de su crianza cuando aún era una nena. En esa carta permanentemente interrumpida, Antonio le cuenta en detalle sus aventuras y lo que ha sido de él desde que abandonó el convento donde vivían y decidió convertirse en hombre. A partir de esta particular figura histórica, Cabezón Cámara crea una particular mirada sobre la Conquista que, lejos de ser pasado, explota de presente por su abordaje lírico de temas como el ambientalismo y temáticas indígenas, feministas y LGBT. Los lectores de Cabezón Cámara, acostumbrados a su experimentación con el humor y los géneros literarios y humanos y a su capacidad para la relectura de los clásicos, esta vez encontrarán un trabajo monumental sobre la picaresca y también sobre la lengua del Siglo de Oro, a la que el talento de Gabriela logra a la vez homenajear y transgredir por medio de su desmesurada orfebrería, que esta vez cruza las formas del español de las crónicas de Indias con el guaraní. En la sección En voz alta Malena Higashi leyó un fragmento de “Cuaderno de faros”, de Jazmina Barrera. Malena nació en Buenos Aires en 1984. Se formó en Letras y en la sede argentina de la escuela Urasenke. En 2017 viajó a Kioto para profundizar sus estudios de ceremonia del té en la Urasenke Gakuen Professional College of Chadô. Hoy se dedica a difundir esta disciplina y la cultura japonesa a través de encuentros de té, talleres, curaduría y artículos periodísticos. Escribe el newsletter “Un Japón propio” y dirige el ciclo mensual de entrevistas que lleva el mismo nombre. Publicó por la editorial Fiordo el libro “El viento entre los pinos. Un ensayo acerca del camino del té”. En el Bibliotecas, Nicolás Hochman nos destacó los libros “La sangre de la autora”, de Claudia Salazar Jiménez, “Si yo fuera puta”, de Amara Moira y “Mi madre es un pájaro”, de Diego Tomasi, tres autores que estuvieron en el Festival Desmadres Nicolás Hochman escribe, edita y hace producción cultural. Es profesor y licenciado en Historia y doctor en Ciencias Sociales (UBA), con un posgrado en Gestión Cultural (FLACSO). Fundó el Congreso Gombrowicz y dirige Desmadres, festival de literatura latinoamericana. Integró los equipos de Lamujerdemivida y el Grupo Alejandría. Dio clases en universidades e institutos de Argentina, México y Polonia, y desde 2010 coordina Heterónimos, un taller de lectura y escritura.

Hosts Aaron Marius   A detailed walkthrough of the guest etiquette of Urasenke. Useful both for the Urasenke practitioner who wants to brush up on the details and also for students of other schools who want to prepare for an event.

Today the guys are joined by Runa, fellow Japanese JT member and expert on Ikebana - the art of flower arrangement - and Tea Ceremony, two of the most respected arts of Japan. Runa takes us on a journey to explore these very old traditions, explaining their meaning and giving actual demonstrations. You're in for a treat!!

Our guest is Randy Channell Soei who is a master tea practitioner from Canada. Randy went to Japan 37 years ago to study martial arts. His goal was achieved and he gained proficiency in various styles of martial arts, including Kendo, Iaido, and Kyudo. But somehow, his focus shifted to Japanese tea ceremony and eventually he became the first master tea ceremony instructor as a non-Japanese person.In this episode, we will discuss how Randy got into the tea ceremony, what exactly tea ceremony is, the spiritual aspects of tea ceremony that we all can benefit from, how you can try the tea ceremony, and much, much more!!!Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Japan Eats by becoming a member!Japan Eats is Powered by Simplecast.

Genshitsu Sen is former grand master of the Urasenke tea tradition and a member of the Rotary Club of Kyoto, Japan. Sen's father introduced him to Rotary in 1954. "Rotary's values fit perfectly with the tenets of our Urasenke chadō tradition, such as Wa (harmony), Kei (respect), Sei (purity), and Jaku (tranquility)." Upon the death of his father in 1964, Sen acceded to the position of Urasenke grand master, representing the 15th generation in the Urasenke line. Despite his new responsibilities, he remained a dynamic member of Rotary and was elected president of the Rotary Club of Kyoto. This story, from Rotary magazine, was written by Go Tamitami and Wen Huang and is narrated by Andy Choi.

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Zem vychádzajúceho slnka. Takto sa doslova označuje krajina, ktorá je pre mnoho cudzincov stále obalená vrstvou tajomna a ktorá svojou odlišnosťou patrí do kategórie zaujímavé a pozoruhodné. S Janom Volným sa budeme rozprávať o Japonsku, krajine, ktorá sa stala v roku 2021 centrom pozornosti z dôvodu Letných olympijských hier. Spoločne nazrieme do života a mentality tohto národa z viacerých uhlov a užijeme si virtuálny výlet prostredníctvom zaujímavostí z kultúry, histórie, zvykov a tradícií, gastronómie, etikety a mnohých ďalších. Jan Volný vyštudoval japanistiku a anglistiku na Masarykově univerzitě v Brne. Počas štúdií strávil viac ako rok a pol v Japonsku, kde sa okrem iného venoval aj čajovému rituálu školy Urasenke. Po ukončení štúdia nastúpil na 5 rokov ako tlmočník a prekladateľ do japonskej výrobnej firmy v ČR. Momentálne pracuje na obchodnej pozícii so zameraním sa na japonský trh. Je autorom stránky Japonské postřehy, na ktorej sa snaží priblížiť súčasné Japonsko všetkým, ktorých táto pestrá krajina zaujíma, ale majú tú smolu, že sa nachádzajú o 9 tisíc kilometrov západnejšie. V rozhovore s Janom sa bavíme aj o tom, - ako Japonci vnímali OH v Tokiu, - z čoho mali najväčšie obavy, - čo sa stane s olympijskou dedinou, - ako srdečnosť Japoncov súvisí s pestovaním ryže, - prečo sa Japonci klaňajú aj do telefónu, - aké je postavenie ženy v Japonsku, - čo sa Japonkám páči na mužoch, - prečo je sexualita u Japoncov utlmená, - kto je gejša 21.storočia - aké jedlo je pre Japonca, čo pre Slováka bryndzové halušky, - čo mi u Japonca v žiadnom prípade neprejde a prejdeme ďalšími zaujímavými zákutiami Japonska.

Hosted by filmmaker Yujiro Seki, Carving the Divine TV is a series of Q&A sessions with Buddhist scholars and practitioners. These Q&A sessions explore the basic concepts of Buddhism, the history of Buddhism and of course Buddhist sculptures/sculptors (bustuzo/busshi) so that when viewers finally watch the documentary Carving the Divine - Buddhist sculptors of Japan, they will get the maximum value of the documentary.Today, we will be talking Chado.  Chado simply translates to the way of tea.  Sometimes it’s referred to as Japanese Tea Ceremony.  But as usual, one word translation is never sufficient to demonstrate this rich culture.  First we will discuss the simple explanation of Chado and connect Chado with Buddhism, especially Zen Buddhism.  Then, we will discuss many different influences on Chado over the centuries.  You may be surprised that even Christianity may have influenced Chado!  Yes, by studying more about Chado and Buddhism you will understand Japan more!   We will be asking important questions such as: What is Chado?  What are some of the practices of Chado?  What are the differences between Chanoyu and Chado? Do we always have to wear kimono when we do Chado?  What is the history of Chado?  Who is Senno Rikyu?What is the relationship between Chado and Buddhism, especially Zen Buddhism?  How does Chado help people to have a deeper understanding of Zen Buddhism?  Does Chado only influence Zen Buddhism?  Can you show us some examples of Chado so that we can visualize the concept that we’ve talked about?  Can Chado be a form of meditation? Omar Francis is a licensed instructor in The Urasenke Tradition of Chadō, commonly known as the Japanese Tea Ceremony. First introduced to Chadō at the University of Illinois (USA) in 1992, he was later admitted into the Midorikai program for a year of intensive training at the Urasenke headquarters in Kyoto, Japan. Since then, he has continued his studies as a member of the Chicago Association of Urasenke, taking part in many educational and cultural activities. Francis Sensei is currently teaching at the Japanese Culture Center (japaneseculturecenter.com) in Chicago, IL. http://www.urasenke.or.jp/     Urasenke Konnichianhttps://urasenkenorthamerica.org/     Chado Relay (also on facebook)urasenkechicago.org Urasenke ChicagoSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/carvingthedivine)

Canadian Randy Channell Soei, a Japanese tea master, joins the podcast. He is based in Kyoto and has been a master in tea ceremony for over 20 years. We talk about the appeal of studying or participating in tea ceremony, training to become a tea master, and much much more. If you want to learn about Japanese tea check out Randy's bilingual book available on Amazon and book stores in Japan. If you are in Kyoto and would like to experience Japanese tea ceremony first hand visit his webpage. He also produces his own Japanese tea, so please contact him if you would like to purchase some.Podcast episodes mentioned:A Deep Understanding of Japanese Culture with Alex BennettSponsors:Bearfoot Bar 12 different types of Japanese made craft beers, both bottles and on tap. A range of whiskeys and basic cocktails also available. Tapas style menu and burgers. Friendly English and Japanese speaking staff. Open 7 days a week. Located in downtown Sapporo, walking distance from the subway station. Why not pop in for a drink if you are in town! https://www.facebook.com/bearfootbar The Red House Located in the heart of Rusutsu Ski Resort, just cross the main road and it’s behind the Seicomart Convenience store. The restaurant features a mix of Japanese, Asian fusion, and western Style dishes, including shabu-shabu with wagyu beef and Hokkaido wagyu beef steak. Open winter and summer, 12-3pm for lunch, 5-9pm for dinner, with prices ranging from under Yen 1000 to about Yen 5000. https://theredhouse.jp/Rusutsu LodgesOpen all year round. Located 5 minutes walk to the main Rusutsu Ski Resort Gondola. There are Japanese, Western, and apartment style rooms with breakfast packages available. There’s a Japanese sento (public bath), two convenience stores less than a minute walk, ski room and tune up tables, free pick up available from the bus stop, plenty of free parking space, and summer BBQ packages available. Check out the website for more information and availability. http://rusutsulodges.comHokkaido GuideEstablished over 10 years ago, written by locals for locals and international tourists. The guide contains information on all types of businesses and locations around Hokkaido. There's information regarding all things Hokkaido such as sightseeing, nightlife, events, services, food and restaurants, entertainment, outdoor activities, and more. Currently offered in English and Thai, advertising space available. Check out website for everything you need to know about this beautiful prefecture. https://hokkaidoguide.com Use our Buzzsprout affiliate link to start your podcast today! Website:https://www.voicesinjapan.com/ Follow us and check out our other content:https://twitter.com/voicesinjapanhttps://www.facebook.com/voicesinjapan/https://www.instagram.com/voicesinjapan/Get in touch: voicesinjapan@gmail.comSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/voicesinjapan)

When a friend who's a longtime Buddhist meditation teacher asked me recently if "emptiness" comes into our study and practice of chado, the Japanese way of tea, I didn't quite know how to answer. On Talking Tea we had chatted a bit about emptiness in a Daoist context, and its relation to tea, in our episode Tea & Daoism: Adjacent Connections, and we touched on some of the connections between tea and Buddhism in a few of our earlier episodes. But I hadn't thought about how, or if, emptiness comes into play in the specific practices of the Japanese way of tea. To explore this question further, we asked Drew Hanson, an instructor in the Urasenke school of chado and founder/owner of the Boukakuan Japanese Tea House in New Jersey, to join us again on Talking Tea. (Drew was our guest in two earlier Talking Tea episodes, Tea, Heart to Heart and Chabana: Flowers for Tea.)  Drews begins by talking with us about what emptiness might mean in the context of tea: about thinking and non-thinking in our tea practice, about being and breathing, physicality and non-verbal communication between the host and guests at a tea gathering. Drew discusses how, through all of this, there is "mindfulness but also emptiness". We look at spatial components of emptiness in chado, from the pathway leading us to the teahouse, to the space in the tea room, to the "spaces between" (you'll have to listen to find out what that means), and how these components allow us to let go of everything that defines us in the "outside world". Drew chats with us about the importance of dropping our agendas in tea practice, about what our objective (if any) should be, and how the emptiness pervading all of this ultimately leads to joy. For more info on Drew Hanson and the Boukakuan Japanese Tea House, including info on Japanese tea ceremony classes and demonstrations, go to the Boukakuan website at njgreentea.com. Some resources on emptiness or other works mentioned in the episode are: Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness, by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, translated and arranged by Lama Shenpen Hookham, 2016 edition, available as an audiobook on Audible or in paperback/Kindle editions on Amazon. The audiobook version was narrated and produced by Talking Tea's Ken Cohen. Baisao, The Old Tea Seller, translated by Norman Waddell.  The commentary mentioned on the Heart Sutra is The Heart Attack Sutra by Karl Brunnholzl.   Talking Tea is produced and hosted by Ken Cohen. You can follow Ken on Twitter @kensvoiceken.    more about Talking Tea  Sign up for our email list to get updates on new episodes and events.   The views and opinions expressed by guests on Talking Tea are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Talking Tea or its staff.   This podcast features music from “Japanese Flowers” (https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii/japanese-flowers) by mpgiiiBEATS (https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii) available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Adapted from original.

Dzisiaj rozmawiamy o japońskiej drodze herbaty. Naszym gościem jest Marta Jo Żukowska ze Stowarzyszenia Drogi Herbaty Urasenke Tankōkai Sunshinkai, warszawskiego odziału Szkoły Urasenke z Kioto, która opowiada m.in. o rodzajach herbaty matcha, o przebiegu japońskiej ceremonii herbacianej, o herbacianej etykiecie i o najprawdziwszym chasitsu – pawilonie herbacianym ukrytym w Bibliotece Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego.Notatki do odcinka: https://btth.pl/podcast-o-japonii-13-marta-zukowska-japonska-droga-herbaty/Jeśli podoba Ci się to, co robimy - może dorzucisz nam piątaka do skarbonki: https://paypal.me/asqueltBędziemy też wdzięczni jeśli napiszesz nam swoje wrażenia: https://ojaponii.pl/ankietaPolecane podcasty: Muda Talks - https://fb.me/MudaTalks i A!zjem - https://azjem.comMastered in Studio Perorowisko (pero.ro)

As December comes to a close and winter deepens here in the northern hemisphere, we're continuing our turn inward as we conclude our two-part series on the spirit of tea as reflected in chado, the Japanese way of tea. Today we're focusing on chabana, the art of flowers so integral to Japanese tea ceremony. To chat with us about chabana we're welcoming back Drew Hanson, an instructor in the Urasenke school of chado and founder/owner of the Boukakuan Japanese Tea House in New Jersey. (You may remember Drew from an earlier chado-related Talking Tea episode, Tea, Heart to Heart.) We're with Drew in the tea room at Boukakuan, and Drew talks with us about the guiding principles of chabana and how the flowers in the tea room relate to us as humans, mirroring our own constant state of transition and transience. Drew gives us specific guidance on how to choose and present flowers for tea, and we discuss the history of chabana and its relationship to Buddhism in Japan. We chat about bringing nature into the tea room in a very focused way, relating the flowers and their container to the season and the differences between chabana and Western traditions of flower arranging so vividly pointed out in Kakuzo Okakura's The Book of Tea.   For more info on the Boukakuan Japanese Tea House, including info on Japanese tea ceremony classes and demonstrations, go to the Boukakuan website at njgreentea.com. Ken Cohen's audiobook edition of Kakuzo Okakura's The Book of Tea, published by Spoken Realms, is available at Audible.com , Amazon and iTunes.      Talking Tea is produced and hosted by Ken Cohen. You can follow Ken on Twitter @kensvoiceken.    more about Talking Tea  Sign up for our email list to get updates on new episodes and events.   The views and opinions expressed by guests on Talking Tea are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Talking Tea or its staff.   This podcast features music from “Japanese Flowers” (https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii/japanese-flowers) by mpgiiiBEATS (https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii) available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Adapted from original.

Host - Adam - Marius - Anthony Main Topic - Temae Video - Adams videos for Ueda Ryu - https://www.uedasokochanoyu.com/videos/ - Marius videos for Urasenke - https://chanoyu.world/temae/ Information referenced - Facebook Group for Tea Bowl Collectors https://www.facebook.com/groups/teabowls/ - Video about chawan requirements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUDzdjk5Mqs&fbclid=IwAR1SmlIl8rYpTky3a_gPISpFapr5WLm6OnrwN242MnEcqEw_lpLAcF-n86g  

Hosts: - Aaron - Marius - Anthony Poem よそにては茶を汲みて後茶杓にて茶碗のふちを心して打て。 When you make tea at someone else's place, exercise care when you tap the lip of the chawan with the chashaku after scooping the tea. Main topic - Kazarimono Information referenced: The Urasenke Chado school of tea in Kyoto, Embassy of Japan in Slovenia and the Association of Chado Urasenke Tankokai Slovenia, supported by the Slovenian Ethnographic Museum will organize a unique gathering the "Japanese way of tea" in the light of the celebrations of the Japanese-Slovenian friendship and the 25th anniversary of Slovenia's independence on Sunday, the 26th of June 2016 at 10:00 hours in the Union hall, Grand hotel Union in Ljubljana. This event will mark the establishment of the Association of Chado Urasenke Tankokai Slovenia as the 110th branch of Urasenke abroad. A Kencha tea offering ceremony and lecture will be conducted by dr. Genshitsu Sen, the 15th generation grandmaster, who will take this special occasion to visit Slovenia. Attendees will be able to see the Japanese tea ceremony. Japanese Matcha green tea will also be served to all guests. The event will be held under the auspicious honorary patronage of the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Mr. Borut Pahor. Admission to the event is free. Secure your place by registering your atendance at www.si.emb-japan.go.jp/index.html You are cordially invited to tea! #Urasenke #Chado #chanoyu #tea #Japan #Slovenia #thewayoftea #cha #matcha

This week on Talking Tea we return to the Tea Institute at Penn State University to explore the evolution and burgeoning growth of interest in Japanese tea ceremony study at the Institute and beyond, and the transformative nature of tea ceremony practice. We first chat with Drew Hanson, founding instructor of the Urasenke program at the Institute. Drew talks with us about his own journey from art to tea, the history and development of the Japanese track at the Institute, and changing demographics and perspectives among students of Japanese tea ceremony. Aside from his work in tea, Drew's teaching background is in literature and theater, and since tea ceremony has been called an "improvised drama", we look at whether tea ceremony in the Japanese tradition is a form of interactive theater. We explore the roles of action, dialogue and utensils, the "parts" played by participants, and those transformative moments of giving freely from the heart which are common to both theater and tea ceremony. We're also joined by Courtney Singley, current student director of the Japanese tea ceremony track at the Institute. Courtney is an architecture student at Penn State, and she shares with us her perspectives on openness and intimacy in the spatial elements of tea ceremony, and how those elements can be internalized and then used in building for ourselves and our world.   More about the Tea Institute, its programs, events and tea house, is in our earlier episode, "Tea Goes to College", and at the Institute's website. For information on Drew Hanson's private classes in Japanese tea ceremony, go to his website, njgreentea.com. Info about Japanese tea ceremony classes offered through Urasenke Philadelphia and Shofuso is available at Shofuso's website or at phillytea.org.   For more information on Talking Tea and updates on new episodes, visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/talkingtea. To inquire about being a guest or having your organization featured, please email us at talkingteapodcasts@gmail.com. Have something in mind you'd like to hear discussed on Talking Tea? Leave us a comment on Facebook or on our Libsyn episode page, or email us. Talking Tea is produced and hosted by Ken Cohen. You can follow Ken on Twitter @Kensvoiceken.    This podcast features music from "Japanese Flowers" (https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii/japanese-flowers) by mpgiiiBEATS (https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii) available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Adapted from original.

The Urasenke school of the tea Japanese tea ceremony is the most popular, in terms of number of members. To learn more about it, I interviewed Reina Sakao of Sakao Enterprise. By the way, I had previously talked with Reina … Continue reading →

This week on Talking Tea we’re back in Philadelphia at Shofuso, an authentic, and quite amazing, Japanese house and garden with a fully functioning tea house and roji, or tea garden. We’re joined by Derek Finn, Shofuso’s site and program manager, and Morgan Beard of Urasenke Philadelphia,  an organization dedicated to practicing and teaching the Japanese way of tea.  Morgan is returning to Talking Tea after having been a guest on our “Artful Tea” episode. In this week’s podcast, Derek, Morgan and I hang out on Shofuso’s veranda, stroll through its roji and finally spend some time in its tea house, as we chat about how the way of tea, Zen Buddhism and traditional Japanese architecture and design come together at Shofuso to allow us to glimpse what Morgan calls the beauty of imperfection, and the beauty of life itself. More information on Shofuso, the Japanese House and Garden in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park, including visiting hours, tours and events, is at www.japanesehouse.org and at its Twitter feed @Shofuso. You can learn about Urasenke Philadelphia's classes and upcoming events at its website, www.phillytea.org. For more information on Talking Tea and updates on new episodes, visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/talkingtea. To inquire about being a guest or having your organization featured, please email us at talkingteapodcasts@gmail.com. Talking Tea is produced and hosted by Ken Cohen. You can follow Ken on Twitter @KensvoiceKen.      This podcast features music from "Japanese Flowers" (https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii/japanese-flowers) by mpgiiiBEATS (https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii) available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Adapted from original.      

You might think we're having an identity crisis this week on Talking Tea, since our host and guest on this week's podcast share the same name. In this week's show our host and producer Ken Cohen chats with renowned qigong master and author Ken Cohen, who also writes and lectures extensively about the health benefits of tea.  Ken shares his personal tea journey with us, talks about both the health benefits and the spiritual benefits of tea from the perspectives of Western science and traditional Chinese medicine, discusses how our connection with nature and poetry influences our enjoyment of tea, and explains how the intention, heart and spirit we bring to the preparation and drinking of tea change not only our experience of tea, but also our relationship with the world.  This week's episode is a bit longer than our usual shows on Talking Tea, since Ken was willing to share so much of his knowledge and wisdom with us, and we didn't want you to miss out on any of it. So make yourself some tea, relax and enjoy The Qi of Tea. And be sure to check back soon for details on our upcoming interactive Tea Poetry Project.    Our guest Ken Cohen's books, articles, and other publications, as well as a calendar of his upcoming lectures and events and his own selection of teas, are available though his websites, www.qigonghealing.com and www.kennethcohen.com. You can find him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CloudForestTea.  For more information on Talking Tea and updates on new episodes, visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/talkingtea. To inquire about being a guest or having your organization featured, please email us at talkingteapodcasts@gmail.com. Have something in mind you'd like to hear discussed on Talking Tea? Leave us a comment on Facebook or on our blog page, or email us.    Talking Tea is produced and hosted by Ken Cohen. You can follow Ken on Twitter @Kensvoiceken.     This podcast features music from "Japanese Flowers" (https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii/japanese-flowers) by mpgiiiBEATS (https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii) available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Adapted from original.              

Have you been wondering how to make a bowl of matcha without the ritual of a formal tea ceremony? How to get a smooth, frothy lime-green foam that looks and tastes great? Talking Tea is here to help. In Part 2 of Talkin' Matcha, tea blogger Tyas Huybrechts explains how to make a fine bowl of matcha in a few easy steps.   Tyas also recommends this YouTube link demonstrating a good whisking technique for preparing matcha at home: http://youtu.be/HDS6cFKETnU   Tyas' blog, Tea Talk, is at www.tea-talk.be, and is packed with information about Japanese green tea. You can also follow him on Twitter @TeaTalkBe and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TeaTalkBe.   For more information on Talking Tea and updates on new episodes, visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/talkingtea. To inquire about being a guest or having your organization featured, please email us at talkingteapodcasts@gmail.com. Talking Tea is produced and hosted by Ken Cohen. You can follow Ken on Twitter @Kensvoiceken.    This podcast features music from "Japanese Flowers" (https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii/japanese-flowers) by mpgiiiBEATS (https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii) available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Adapted from original.        

This week Talking Tea talks matcha with Tyas Huybrechts, founder and blogger at Tea Talk, a blog devoted entirely to Japanese green teas. Matcha, a powdered green tea that's whisked into a frothy brew, is fast becoming the caffeinated drink of choice among many in the West, and Tyas tells us about matcha's history and cultural background in Japan, how it's grown and processed, and what to look for in buying quality matcha.    Tyas is also a long-time student (and soon-to-be tea master) of the Enshu school of Japanese tea, and he shares some of his insights and personal perspectives about matcha in the Enshu tradition.   In our next episode, Part 2 of "Talkin' Matcha", Tyas gives us a detailed guide on how to prepare matcha at home. Stay tuned!   Tyas' blog, Tea Talk, is at www.tea-talk.be, and is packed with information about Japanese green teas. You can also follow him on Twitter @TeaTalkBe and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TeaTalkBe.   For more information on Talking Tea and updates on new episodes, visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/talkingtea. To inquire about being a guest or having your organization featured, please email us at talkingteapodcasts@gmail.com. Talking Tea is produced and hosted by Ken Cohen. You can follow Ken on Twitter @Kensvoiceken.    This podcast features music from "Japanese Flowers" (https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii/japanese-flowers) by mpgiiiBEATS (https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii) available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Adapted from original.    

This week on Talking Tea we chat with Morgan Beard of Urasenke Philadelphia, an organization dedicated to practicing and teaching the Japanese way of tea.  We recorded our podcast inside the amazing Japanese galleries at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which include a complete tea house and garden as well as centuries-old tea utensils and masterpieces of Japanese art.  Morgan talks with us about some of the objects in the galleries (including the tea bowl shown here), and about how Japanese traditions of tea and aesthetics come together in the spirituality of the Way of Tea. For information on Urasenke Philadelphia's classes and events, go to its website at www.phillytea.org. More on the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Japanese collections and its extraordinary upcoming show on the art of the Kano period is at the Museum's website, www.philamuseum.org.  Info about tea events at Shofuso, the Japanese House and Garden in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park, is at www.japanesehouse.org     For more information on Talking Tea and updates on new episodes, visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/talkingtea. To inquire about being a guest or having your organization featured, please email us at talkingteapodcasts@gmail.com. Talking Tea is produced and hosted by Ken Cohen. You can follow Ken on Twitter @KensvoiceKen.      This podcast features music from "Japanese Flowers" (https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii/japanese-flowers) by mpgiiiBEATS (https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii) available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Adapted from original. Tea bowl photo courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art.