Online Tea Ceremony Course

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Tea Ceremony Lesson Curriculum

Teacher

Name: Sokei SATO　（佐藤　宗桂）　

Instructor of Urasenke
55 years involved in tea ceremony
Giving tea ceremony lessons in English for the students of Kudan Institute
Providing tea ceremony lessons to Japanese regularly

Work experience:

After working as an international flight attendant at Japan Airlines, I engaged in the projects for promoting economic relations between EU and Japan at EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation which is conducted by the governments of EU and Japan. I was in charge of the international conference as a secretariat and also the internship programme for university students of EU and Japan as Programme Manager. While working, organized tea ceremony for VIPs, businessmen and students from overseas.

Impressions from the participants

とてもよかったです。
日本の茶文化について、いろいろなものを習えました。
でも使った言葉が私には ちょっと難しかったです。
でも茶道は日本の伝統的な文化を習える機会ですから、ぜひしてみてください！

コロナ禍にありながら、先生やスタッフの皆様の細やかなお気遣いを頂き、安心して気持ちよくお稽古にのぞむことができました。
どうもありがとうございました。
遠出ができない中で茶道の豊かな世界に触れる時間を持つことができて大変楽しかったです。

It would be good if the students are not at beginner level in Japanese. In that way they can understand the whole process better. The process of learning is well explained and every question carefully answered. The lessons are good! It’s good that we got the movies to practice.

I can fully recommend this course. For me it was a wonderful chance to meet Japanese people and other foreigners interested in Japanese culture. The atmosphere was very friendly and relaxed. Even though it is a short course, I feel that I learned a lot during this course.

This course shows the most traditional way I guess.　There　are　many　tea　ceremony　courses　outside,　but　this　one　gave　me　the　chance to make self- experience in making tea. It’s a very good way to get deeper knowledge about the culture.

全くの初心者で受講しましたが、とても丁寧で分かりやすく教えてくれたので楽しかったです。ここまで出来るように続けて受講できるなら、また参加したいと思っています。

As a foreign person I enjoyed very much this experience, it is very interesting and like it very much. I think besides the language it is good to know about the Japanese culture and traditions. The teacher was very patient and explained everything very clearly.

茶道の勉強はとても楽しかったです。茶道の経験がたくさんできて、うれしかったです。

毎回毎回しっかりと学べて、とてもちょうどいい長さでした。茶道というものがどのようなものか入口だけでも覗ければと思っていたので、大変満足です。全８回と短い間でとても多くのことを学べて、とても楽しかったです

敷居が高い印象の茶道ですが、先生がとても優しく、一人ひとり丁寧な指導が受けられます。基本を短期間で学び、習得出来る実践的な茶道教室でした。
テキスト・動画などレッスン当日以外のサポート体制が充実しています。
You might think that learning tea ceremony is a bit difficult to start learning. However the teacher will teach you very kindly and neatly in this course. You can learn the basics at short-term and acquire. It was a practical tea ceremony class. You can also get some support by textbooks and movies.

このコースに参加できてとてもうれしいです。楽しくもあり、教育的でもありました。 お客様のために、日本のお茶を準備することを学ぶだけで日本の茶道の意味を真に理解することに近づけます。
I'm so glad that I attended the course. It’s both enjoyable and educational. Only by learning to prepare Japanese tea for the guests can one truly get closer to understand the meaning of Japanese tea ceremony. Female student from China（Conversation Course, Level 4）

この短期コースは、気軽に茶道文化を体験できます。外国人にしても先生が優しく教えてくれて、分かりやすいと思います。自分でお茶を点てることはもちろん、季節の和菓子を味わうこともできます。とても楽しかったです。おすすめですよ。
You can experience Japanese Tea Ceremony Culture freely. The teacher will teach you very kindly even for foreign learners and I think that it is easy to understand the explanation. You can taste the seasonal Japanese sweets “wagashi” as well as you can make tea by yourself. I enjoyed a lot and can recommend it.