Hagi: Kumaya Art Museum, Tea ceremony and garden tour

By Public Foundation KUMAYA Art Museum

Free cancellation available

Features

Experience a traditional Japanese tea ceremony at the Kumaya Art Museum
Learn about the history of the museum and the Kumaya family
Discover the museum's collection
Taste wagashi, a traditional Japanese sweet
Explore the museum's meticulously kept Edo-period gardens

Dates

Travellers

Languages available

Starting time

Price details

€45.01 x 1 Adult€45.01

Total

Until Thu, 22 Oct

- Not allowed: Flash photography
- Not suitable for: Children under 10 years, Pregnant women, Wheelchair users
- In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
- This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Delve into the traditions of Japan with a tea ceremony experience (Sa-do) at Kumaya Art Museum in Hagi, Yamaguchi pref. Find out how to use tea utensils, taste wagashi (Japanese sweets).

The museum’s collection is displayed in three large storehouses (kura) on the grounds. The Kumaya family, wealthy merchants and official purveyors to the Mōri lords during the Edo period, collected items such as ink paintings, tea utensils, documents, and books. Notably, the museum features Japan’s oldest piano, a British-style pianoforte gifted by Dr. Philipp Franz von Siebold in 1828.

The meticulously kept Edo-period gardens feature holly trees and a trio of pine, fir, and Elaeocarpus trees pruned in the “round, triangular, square” (maru sankaku shikaku) format favoured in Zen art. A 600-year-old cycad and a 300-year-old Yōgō pine tree also grow in the garden.