“Tea ceremony”, a hospitality that you can experience using tea for guests

Last Updated on 10/31/2021 by てんしょく飯

What to bring for the tea ceremony experience

In the tea ceremony experience, there are many places where you can participate empty-handed.

Still, there are “this should be prepared” and “what you should have”.

Since it will be a long time before I become the owner of tea making, I will omit the explanation of tea utensils and first introduce the belongings necessary for “customer’s method”.

Things to prepare

・ Handkerchief (or washcloth)

It is used when you wash your hands with water.

・ White socks (or socks)

Before entering the tea room, it is a good idea to change your socks. It is a respect for the tea room and the surroundings.

In the experience, it will be clothes, so white socks are fine.

Things to have

・ Kaishi

It is a versatile paper used for eating sweets and purifying bowls.

When placing sweets, fold it in half and always turn the mountain (the one that is folded) toward you.

・ Confectionery cutting (black letters: Kuro-moji)

It is used to cut and eat sweets.

There are disposable wooden ones, metal ones, and lacquered ones.

・ Folding fan

It is used when greeting the host, when looking at an important tea set, or when placing it sideways in front of the knee to create a “barrier”. There is no need to rush.

It is a sign of respect for the other person and the tools, and is a tool that is always used in the tea room.

・ Fukusa

It is used in various ways, such as when purifying tools or removing the lid of a kettle.

The usage is called “Fukusa Sabaki”.

・ Old Fukusa (Kobukusa, Fukusa: Shikifukusa)

It is used when laying underneath when looking at a bowl or when handling tools with care.

・ Fukusa scissors

A bag for storing these tools.