Tea Ceremony

2025 Look Back
Members of Urasenke Los Angeles Association Gather for Honoring Sotan, 17th-Century Grand Tea Master, in November 2025

Uploaded by Shige Higashi on December 28, 2025 at 3:00PM
On a serene autumn afternoon, November 16, 2025, members of the…

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2025 Look Back
Responding to interest in Japanese culture, Omotesenke Domonkai Hosts 100 Guests at Autumn Friendship Tea Gathering in October 2025

Updated by Shige Higashi on December 5, 2025 at 2PM / November 15, 2025
Torrance, CA—Under a gently overcast autumn sky o…

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2025 Look Back
Los Angeles Urasenke Members Honor Late Hounsai Hansō Sōshitsu Kōji, 15th Grand Master, at Zenshuji Temple in October 2025

Uploaded by Shige Higashi on December 28, 2025 at 4:40PM
On a clear and gentle autumn afternoon in Southern California,…

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Japan Foundation Los Angeles
2025/05/08/ Japan Foundation Lecture & Workshop / Historic Matcha Tasting Game: Sensory Awakening through Tocha

In this refined yet playful activity, participants taste different teas and attempt to identify their origin and type…

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Japan Foundation Los Angeles
2025/04/23/ Japan Foundation Lecture / Kyoto's Nishijin textile master talks in person

Kitamura Tokusai’s family has been designing and making silk textiles, or fukusa, for practitioners of tea since 1712…

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Japanese Garden
2025/04/20/ San Diego Japanese Friendship Garden hosts presentation and talk by proprietor of 300-year-old Chanoyu textile shop in Nishijin, Kyoto

Woven Heritage: Kitamura Tokusai IX Presentation and Tea Demonstration…

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Southern California & Arizona
2025/04/06/ Ogasawara Style Senchado Hosts “Flower Festival Tea Party” at Pioneer Center in Japanese American Cultural & Community Center


The Flower Festival is a Buddhist event that celebrates the birth of Buddha and prays for the health of children and the f…

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Southern California & Arizona
2025 Dec. & Jan. / JAPAN HOUSE presents “Tea Tuesdays” at its Gallery in Ovation Hollywood


December 3 and 10 at JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles

As part of the “Masters of Carpentry: Melding Forest, Skill and Spirit” exhi…

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Japanese Culture
2024/6/23: Omotesenke Tea School to hold Southern California Branch’s 50th Anniversary featuring Grand Master lecture at UC Irvine

The Omotesenke Domonkai Southern California Branch invites the public to its 50th Anniversary Event featuring Speci…

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Garden - Shoseian Teahouse - Glendale
2020 / Glendale: Shoseian Teahouse 2020 Annual Schedule

SHOSEIAN TEA HOUSE
2020 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Glendale Brand Park
Jan 19 - Hatsu Gama! – First Tea of the Year!!
Come join us t…

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Japanese Culture
2018 / Four women recognized as role models in Japanese American community, May 6

Four women were recognized as role models in the Japanese American community by two associations at Quiet Cannon event…

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