Tea Ceremony Experience and Garden Guided Tour

In April, we rented the Shinsen-tei tea house at Rikugien Garden and held a "Tea Ceremony Experience and Garden Guided Tour" for overseas tourists.

The host (Mr. Suzuki) and the guests from oversea listening the instruction of tea ceremony in English.

At bikeTKgardens, with the cooperation of a practitioner of the Omotesenke school of tea ceremony, you can experience both the tea ceremony and a Japanese garden at the same time.

In Japan, the tea ceremony and gardens have developed simultaneously and are inseparable. Instead of experiencing them separately, our guests can experience them together in an authentic setting, receiving guidance from experts in both fields. The tea ceremony is often called "moving Zen," a comprehensive Japanese art form and philosophy. Why not take this opportunity to delve deeper into Japanese culture?

The instructors from Omotesenke school

Each of them has 30-40 years career of tea ceremony.

"Each day is good day" The hanging scroll's words represent the tea ceremony's concept of the day, and are most important thing.

Experiencing authentic Japanese architecture, tea rooms, tea utensils, hanging scrolls, tea flowers, kimonos, matcha tea and sweets, etiquette, and gardens is actually not easy for tourists. Even for us Japanese, it's a daunting (difficult) experience. A unique Tokyo experience combining a Japanese garden tour with a tea ceremony, guided by a professional gardener.

A Tea Ceremony Experience at Shinsen-tei in Rikugien Garden

We had 16 guests from the United States, and they gave us very positive feedback. Thank you very much.

This is from a different day. During cherry blossom season, Rikugien Garden also operates a tea house at this Shinsen-tei.

The tea house run by Rikugien.

The matcha tea and Japanese sweets, which were served by Rukugien tea house.

bikeTKgardens organizes tours and experiences that introduce gardens and Japanese culture.

If you have any requests regarding tea ceremony (matcha) experiences or tea ceremony in gardens, please contact us via email.