SweetPersimmon

When people see a tea room, they do not think of the mizuya, the preparation room. It is the training ground for the tea room and here that...

I was working out in the yard pulling weeds this week. When I was younger, my dad made me pull weeds for punishment, but after awhile, I re...

Sono michi ni iran to omou kokoro koso waga mi nagara no shisho nari keri “The very heart which decides to enter the Way is the best teac...

I have heard that 80% of Chado is preparation. Every week we go to keiko and train. We not only learn the temae, but also the mizuya work ...

There has always been an ongoing debate of craft vs. art. My husband is a woodworker and when he looks at art pieces he sometimes is disgus...