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By Tea master

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Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is €104 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • • Receive koicha — thick tea, rarely offered to visitors
    to Japan

    • Prepare usucha (thin tea) with your own hands, under
    the guidance of a tea master of 19 years

    • Spend 90 minutes as the sole guests in a 1923 machiya —
    the home where your host Yuta lives and practices

    • Learn Enshu-ryu, the samurai lineage of tea founded by
    Kobori Enshu, tea advisor to the Tokugawa shoguns

    • Taste seasonal jounamagashi, handcrafted the morning of
    your ceremony by a Kanazawa artisan

    • Speak openly about tea, aesthetics, or the philosophy
    of a life devoted to the way — as much as you wish

Activity location

  • TEA BASE 白澤
    • 28 3
    • 921-8031, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • TEA BASE 白澤
    • 28 3
    • 921-8031, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

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Kanazawa: Private Koicha Ceremony with a Samurai Tea Master

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m
    1h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 13:30
Price details
€104.40 x 2 Children€208.80
Total
Price is €208.80
Until Mon, 16 Nov

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Fully private ceremony (no shared sessions)
  • Inclusions
    Hands-on matcha preparation
  • Inclusions
    Commemorative photo
  • Inclusions
    English narration and extended Q&A
  • Inclusions
    Use of a private tea room in a 100-year-old machiya
  • Inclusions
    Premium seasonal jounamagashi (handcrafted fresh sweets)
  • Inclusions
    Both koicha (thick tea) and usucha (thin tea)
  • Inclusions
    Tea ceremony demonstration by a practitioner with 19 years of experience
  • Exclusions
    Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Exclusions
    Transport to/from venue
  • Exclusions
    Service charge (not expected in Japan)

Know before you book

    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Specialised infant seats are available
    • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
    • 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).

Activity itinerary

In the samurai era, koicha was exchanged before battle, shared only among those a master trusted. Today, it is the rarest form of Japanese tea. This 90-minute private ceremony takes place in a 1923 machiya in Kanazawa's Nishi Chaya district — not a venue, not a studio, but the home where your host Yuta lives and practices. Yuta has studied tea for 19 years in Enshu-ryu — the samurai lineage founded by Kobori Enshu, tea master to the Tokugawa shoguns. Restrained, precise, and quietly confident. You will be received as the only guests. Koicha will be prepared for you; you will then prepare usucha with your own hands. Seasonal sweets from a Kanazawa artisan accompany the tea. Between the bowls, there is time. Yuta does not perform tea as theatre — he offers it as conversation. Whether you come with years of study or simple curiosity, the ceremony meets you where you are. By reservation only. Maximum 5 guests. English throughout.

Location

Activity location

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    TEA BASE 白澤
    • 28 3
    • 921-8031, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    TEA BASE 白澤
    • 28 3
    • 921-8031, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

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