Sohki.Tokyo🌸Tea Ceremony

🍵茶道裏千家助教授🛖Tea Master of Yuian-Matcha Tea Ceremony ⬇️Tea ceremony experience & class/茶道教室詳細👘少人数制 🥦Organic Coordinator 🍙食品衛生責任者 🌏Matcha moments worldwide

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暦の上では立秋　七十二候は涼風至
暑い夏風から涼しい秋風に変わる頃🎐目で涼を感じながら一服🍵

Risshū marks the start of autumn. In the 72 microseasons, Ryōfū Itaru “cool winds arrive”🎐Summer’s breeze slowly turns crisp… A moment of matcha for the eyes to feel cool🍵

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七十二候「大雨時行」夏の激しい雨が降る頃☔️雨を表す言葉は400以上あるとか。季節の薄氷「蛍」で一服🍵

A new “kō” begins in Japan’s 72 micro-seasons: heavy rains fall from time to time☔️Japanese has 400+ words for rain. A bowl of matcha with a seasonal sweet called “Hotaru” (Firefly)

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熊本地震により被災された皆様に心よりお見舞い申し上げます。熊本より、猛暑の中、停電・断水継続中との📩…一日も早い復旧をお祈りいたします。

先日の熊本から到来した肥後朝顔で一服🍵

Our thoughts are with everyone affected by the Kumamoto earthquake.

Matcha with Higo asagao wagashi🍵

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今週は名水点と釣瓶水指🍵軸は大津絵「雷公の太鼓釣」写。花は祇園祭の祭花「檜扇」おかげで？お隣の区では豪雨だったようですが稽古の往来で雷雨に見舞われた方はいなかったのです👀

Practice featured Meisui-date, honoring fresh spring water, with our well-bucket-shaped Tsurube Mizusashi🍵

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茶友と畠山美術館「茶道具と銘をめぐる物語」展へ。展示点数は少なめ。じっくり拝見でき、学芸員によるトークも興味深かった！8月2日（日）まで

Spent a day with tea friends at the Hatakeyama Museum, exploring the stories behind "mei", the poetic names bestowed on cherished tea utensils🍵

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七十二候「鷹乃学習」雛鷹が飛び方や狩りを学ぶ頃。目黒はかつて鷹狩りの地。家光公が鷹を見失い、目黒不動尊に祈願して戻ったという逸話も。

到来物の羊羹で一服🍵

Taka Sunawachi Waza wo Narau🦅 The season when young hawks learn to fly. Meguro was once a falconry ground. Matcha & yokan🍵

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七夕週のお稽古は、流し点、洗い茶巾、葉蓋☘️茶花は、半夏生、桔梗に刈萱

Tea practice inspired by Tanabata🎋 We practiced Nagashidate (facing guests, relaxed conversation), Arai Chakin (cooling water sounds) and Habuta (fresh leaf lid) — summer’s subtle touches in the tea room🎐

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小暑に入り七十二候では温風至（あつかぜいたる） 暑さが増し温かい風が吹き始める頃🌻冷やした宇治抹茶プリンで一服🍵

We have entered Shōsho (Minor Heat), when warm summer breezes begin to fill the air🎐A chilled Uji matcha pudding is the perfect treat for a refreshing matcha break✨

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毎年この季節に人気の蓋置🦀
抹茶のお供は、つぶし餡をわらび餅で包み香ばしいきな粉をたっぷりまとった一品🍵

Our beloved 🦀 futaoki (kettle lid rest) is back✨
Today’s matcha is served with warabi mochi filled with sweet red bean paste and dusted with kinako😋

#teaceremony #英語茶道

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6月30日は夏越の祓🌾
逃した方は動画でバーチャル茅の輪くぐりをどうぞ✨

A purification ritual on Nagoshi no Harae (June 30th).Walk through a giant ring of cogon grass to cleanse the past 6 months and pray for health.Missed it? Try a virtual chinowa kuguri via video🙏🏻

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6/30は夏越の祓。半年の穢れを祓い無病息災を願う日🙏🏻毎年恒例の水無月は抹茶わらび餅製🍵

June 30 is Nagoshi no Harae, a ritual to cleanse the past 6 months and pray for health✨Minazuki, a triangular sweet shaped like ice, is our way of marking it. This year’s is matcha-warabimochi.

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茶花は、つりがね鉄仙、紅花、下野。つりがね鉄仙の名の通り最初は釣鐘のように閉じた姿で、翌日にはしっかりと開いていました。蔓の美しさに、いつまでも見てられる✨茶人って変人…？

Recent tea flowers: clematis, safflower, and spiraea💐I could watch the curve of its vine forever🌿

#茶道

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大きな黄身しぐれ😋
しっとりホロホロと口の中で溶けていくので、あっという間に食べきります🍵

Big Kimi-Shigure treat🥰
Made from gently cooked egg yolk and sugar, with a soft, crumbly texture that melts the moment it hits your tongue. Disappears way too fast… perfect with matcha🍵

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初夏の籠盛り😋

A calm Japanese lunch with seasonal touches🌿

#japanesefood #washoku #japanesecuisine #自由が丘 #英語茶道

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@YokotaroM こんばんは🎶ありがとうございます😊
見た目だけでなくお味（食感？）も好みでした💕

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出雲大社のお土産でいただいた紅白縁結びかんで一服🍵噛み応えがあって美味しかったです😋

Enjoying a matcha break with Kouhaku Enmusubi Kan🍵 a traditional agar jelly from Izumo Taisha, where gods are said to gather to decide the fates of love🫶

#matcha #teaceremony #英語茶道 #抹茶

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東京梅雨入り☂️紫陽花の茶碗に落とし文をお供に一服🍵

Tokyo’s rainy season has begun☂️A bowl painted with hydrangeas, and "otoshibumi", a sweet named after the tiny weevil whose rolled leaves recalled the secret love letters of the Heian era💌A quiet, contemplative bowl of matcha🍵

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先月の🍽️最初に登場したのは粽！5月だけど…最初から？と思いきや鮭の粽寿司でした😂

Lunch with a friend. The meal opened with chimaki, bamboo leaf-wrapped sticky rice tied to Japan’s May festival🎏Sweet filling is classic but this one had a twist: salmon sushi rice inside instead🍣

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抹茶のお供に利休饅頭を味わいながら😋こちらの本を読み進めてます

Enjoying a Rikyu manju alongside a bowl of matcha, I’m slowly making my way through a book about Sen no Rikyu, the 16th‑century tea master who shaped the foundations of the Japanese tea ceremony🍵

#matcha #英語茶道

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市田柿ミルフィーユ🍵プレーン,ラムレーズン,ブランデーレーズンの３種。ブランデーレーズンがお気に入り💕

Ichidagaki Millefeuille, dried persimmon layered into a delicate, melt-in-the-mouth treat😋Plain, rum raisin & brandy raisin.All gorgeous, but the brandy raisin stole my heart🥰