An Invitation to Warrior Tea Ceremony in Wailea
Aloha,
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, buke-cha traces back to Katagiri Sekishū (1605–1673), a daimyo who served as tea master to the Tokugawa shogunate.
Under the fourth shogun, Tokugawa Ietsuna, Sekishū-ryū was named the shogunate’s official tea tradition and was practiced within the daimyo households that governed the Edo period in Japan.
Unlike the three main schools of tea (Omotesenke, Urasenke, Mushakōjisenke) which trace to the merchant-born tea master Sen no Rikyū, this is tea as it was known to the ruling samurai class. Few, if any, places outside Japan offer this traditional form.
Each Sunday morning, we welcome a small group into this practice (maximum 6 guests). We'll start with greetings and a refreshing cup of gyokuro. The ceremony unfolds first, through each deliberate movement. You'll enjoy wagashi, a traditional Japanese desert, alongside your carefully selected matcha. From there, together we'll taste varietals of organic matcha and loose leaf tea, served in traditional Asahiyaki pottery handmade in Uji.
Sundays, 9:00–10:30am
Sabado Art Gallery, Wailea
Bookings must be made at least 5 days in advance.
We hope you’ll join us.
Warmly,
Tajima Botanica