In the space between breath and sip, ceremony becomes healing. Rooted in Zen tradition, perfected through martial arts discipline, shared with aloha.
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Tango Tanimura's 400 Year Old Tea Whisks
The shogunate's official supplier of tea whisks crafted in Takayama, Japan Read on our substack In the hills of northwest Nara, there is a village called Takayama. It was here I...
Tango Tanimura's 400 Year Old Tea Whisks
The shogunate's official supplier of tea whisks crafted in Takayama, Japan Read on our substack In the hills of northwest Nara, there is a village called Takayama. It was here I...
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An Invitation to Warrior Tea Ceremony in Wailea
We’re honored to introduce something new at Tajima Botanica: buke-cha (武家茶), the tea ceremony practice of the samurai. Rooted in the Sekishū-ryū lineage under the Tokugawa shogunate.
An Invitation to Warrior Tea Ceremony in Wailea
We’re honored to introduce something new at Tajima Botanica: buke-cha (武家茶), the tea ceremony practice of the samurai. Rooted in the Sekishū-ryū lineage under the Tokugawa shogunate.
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Summer Ritual of Purification
Today marks Nagoshi no Harae ( 夏越の祓), a Shinto purification ritual on June 30th at shrines across Japan. It marks the year’s midpoint.
Summer Ritual of Purification
Today marks Nagoshi no Harae ( 夏越の祓), a Shinto purification ritual on June 30th at shrines across Japan. It marks the year’s midpoint.
Warrior Tea Ceremony
An Invitation
Experience buke-cha, the rare tradition of the samurai, in the heart of Wailea.