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Kyoto: Candlelit Tea Ceremony in a 100-Year-Old Townhouse
This is a tea ceremony held by candlelight. We turn the lights off for a simple reason: in the dark, you notice more: the sound of the water, the smell of the tea, the weight of the bowl.
The house is a Kyoto townhouse, a hundred years old, kept for most of it by a textile merchant. You'll move through three rooms, from the bright front of the house into the tearoom, lit only by candles. Seven guests at most.
Then the host makes tea, and you drink it. The bowls are chosen for the season, some over 200 years old, and your host will tell you what you're holding. The matcha is grown in Uji, blended to a tea school grand master's preference. Your host trained in a historic school of tea.
Forty-five minutes, unhurried, with no etiquette you can get wrong. You'll take home a candle made here.
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Kyoto: Candlelit Tea Ceremony in a 100-Year-Old Townhouse