I’m sorry to have kept you waiting! I have had hundreds of requests for a video about tea ceremonies, and I’m happy to announce that I'm going to finally start making them.

Some say that tea ceremony is at the heart of Japanese culture, with the teachings of hospitality, respect, and Zen philosophies.

As a student training tea ceremony in Kyoto,I can definitely say that this is true. 
Everytime I take lessons from my master, I am always surprised by how deep the culture is.

So today, I will summarize the 400 years of Japanese tea ceremony into just 5 points.

By watching this video, you will be able to deepen your understanding of tea ceremony culture, and enjoy the tea ceremony related videos I will be making in the future. At the end of the video, I will also talk about how it is practiced and trained today.

[Time codes]
0:00 Let's START!
1:22 Matcha was used as medicine
2:29 Entertainment for samurai
3:39 The birth of “wabi tea” & tea ceremony
5:14 Tea ceremony used for political purposes
7:38 Tea ceremony today
9:32 Today’s conclusion
11:33 “Omake” talk

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I’m Shogo, a Kyoto born & Hiroshima raised Japanese, that grew up in Michigan USA for 6 years, and studied Mandarin in Beijing university for a year!
I live in Kyoto now, as I train in Iaido(katana), Sado(tea ceremony), and Noh theatre(traditional stage art).

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