SweetPersimmon

The Japanese are famous for packaging. Gifts are exquisitely wrapped; even candies come in unique and intriguing packages. From simple pap...

In the Urasenke curriculum there are more than 70 temae or procedures for making tea, depending on the formality, season, the rank of your g...

I have a friend that I talk with regularly in getting his business going. When I first met him he wasn’t quite making it and complained all...

One of the things taught by my sensei was if you see something that needs to be done you do it. No complaints, no bragging about it, no get...

"Guest and host both joined as one, share a bowl of tea. In tranquil meditation, no margin divides their hearts. The tea garden is a wa...