🌸 Osaka Kimono Tea Party 🌸 “Let’s Make Kimono Friends Around the World!” ✨
👘 Do you love kimono or have an interest in wearing one? Come and spend a wonderful time together! 💖
📅 Monday, May 6th (Public Holiday) 📍 ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Osaka, Executive Floor Lounge, Kitashinchi
💖 Part 1: Sweets & Photo Time 📸🍰 ⏰ 14:30 – 17:00 💰 5,500 yen (Early Bird 5,000 yen) 📸 Commemorative photo session at Dojimagawa and hotel lobby (from 14:30) 🍰 All-you-can-eat sweets buffet with 8 kinds of cakes, croissants, cupcakes & unlimited soft drinks! 🎀 Special Guest: Ayaaya-sensei (@ayaayaskimono), author of “Easy Obi Arrangements 1 & 2” – We’re so excited to meet her and discover where her incredible sense of style comes from! 🤩
🍵 Part 2: Table-Style Tea Ceremony Experience 🌙✨ 🏯 Held in a private room with night views of Osaka ⏰ 17:15 – 19:00 💰 6,500 yen (Early Bird 6,000 yen) 👥 Limited to 7 participants 🍵 Enjoy a table-style tea ceremony experience while admiring the night view (from 17:15) 📸 Commemorative photos at the Executive Lounge (from 18:45) 🎀 Would you like to serve matcha tea during overseas trips, business trips, or to international guests? With table-style tea ceremony, you need fewer tools and it’s perfect for cultural exchange!
Sushi Yoko (@sushi_yoko_com), with 18 years of experience running sushi classes and catering in Switzerland, will also share fun party conversation tips — what topics are popular and what to avoid!
🎟️ Special Discount: ✨ Join both Part 1 & Part 2 and get 1,000 yen OFF! ✨ Save even more with the Early Bird Discount: 2,000 yen OFF (10,000 yen total with advance payment).
👘 Kimono lovers welcome! 💖 Let’s have a fun and elegant time together! 💌 For inquiries and registration, please DM @sushi_yoko_kimono
Blessed with perfect kimono weather, the second day of the Tokyo Afternoon Tea Gathering was successfully concluded! Following the first day, we were delighted to have Miyoko Ōmomo, a well-known talent, join us again for another wonderful time. ✨ We sincerely appreciate her taking the time to be with us despite her busy schedule.
Just like the first day, many wonderful people gathered, making the atmosphere even more vibrant and warm. We were so comfortable that, before we knew it, we had spent nearly five hours in the lounge! ☕✨
✨ A Special Moment on This Day ✨
On this special day, we had the honor of awarding a certification to Yuki Sugawara, who had been learning Table Style Tea Ceremony online! 🎉 After dedicating so much time to practice and receiving video guidance, she finally reached this milestone through her continuous efforts.
Sharing this emotional moment with everyone truly warmed my heart. ✨ Table Style Tea Ceremony is gaining popularity as a casual way to enjoy tea, even without tatami or a traditional Japanese room. It is also highly appreciated by people worldwide, and I am more determined than ever to continue sharing this beautiful culture. 🌏💚
🌿 Now Accepting New Students for Table Tea Ceremony! 🌿
Beginners are more than welcome! Even if you have no prior experience, you will learn how to prepare tea step by step, just like Yuki did. 🍵✨ If you’re interested, feel free to send me a DM!
🙏 Heartfelt Gratitude to All 🙏
A sincere thank you to everyone who joined us. I truly appreciate each and every one of you. ✨ May these wonderful connections continue to flourish.
I will also be posting about my work as a sushi chef in Switzerland and kimono-related photos at @sushi_yoko_com. Be sure to check out my stories and posts! Your follows & likes mean a lot and keep me motivated! 🙏 @sushi_yoko_kimono
Blessed with perfect kimono weather, the second day of the Tokyo Afternoon Tea Gathering was successfully concluded! Following the first day, we were delighted to have Miyoko Ōmomo, a well-known talent, join us again for another wonderful time. ✨ We sincerely appreciate her taking the time to be with us despite her busy schedule.
Just like the first day, many wonderful people gathered, making the atmosphere even more vibrant and warm. We were so comfortable that, before we knew it, we had spent nearly five hours in the lounge! ☕✨
✨ A Special Moment on This Day ✨
On this special day, we had the honor of awarding a certification to Yuki Sugawara, who had been learning Table Style Tea Ceremony online! 🎉 After dedicating so much time to practice and receiving video guidance, she finally reached this milestone through her continuous efforts.
Sharing this emotional moment with everyone truly warmed my heart. ✨ Table Style Tea Ceremony is gaining popularity as a casual way to enjoy tea, even without tatami or a traditional Japanese room. It is also highly appreciated by people worldwide, and I am more determined than ever to continue sharing this beautiful culture. 🌏💚
🌿 Now Accepting New Students for Table Tea Ceremony! 🌿
Beginners are more than welcome! Even if you have no prior experience, you will learn how to prepare tea step by step, just like Yuki did. 🍵✨ If you’re interested, feel free to send me a DM!
🙏 Heartfelt Gratitude to All 🙏
A sincere thank you to everyone who joined us. I truly appreciate each and every one of you. ✨ May these wonderful connections continue to flourish.
I will also be posting about my work as a sushi chef in Switzerland and kimono-related photos at @sushi_yoko_com. Be sure to check out my stories and posts! Your follows & likes mean a lot and keep me motivated! 🙏 @sushi_yoko_kimono
The first day of our Afternoon Tea Gathering at the lounge of the Tokyo Royal Park Hotel has successfully concluded, thanks to everyone’s support.
First and foremost, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to our special guest, Miyoko Ōmomo, an executive coach. ✨
I have always resonated with her words: “Live for the present, not just for the future.”
True to her philosophy, she listened attentively to everyone’s stories and brightened up the atmosphere, for which I am truly grateful.
Our gathering began under the refreshing sunlight and progressed into the evening, bathed in the glow of a breathtaking sunset.
After enjoying a relaxed conversation at the hotel’s executive floor lounge, we moved to a quiet private room, where we prepared tea with the night view of Tokyo Tower in the background.
That small act of making tea transformed our time from a simple “chat session” into a deeper, heartfelt exchange.
In our daily lives, we are constantly occupied with work and household tasks. Amidst our busy thoughts, the opportunity to quietly prepare tea together in the heart of Tokyo with such wonderful people became, for me, a moment of mindfulness—a luxurious time to return to the present and regain inner peace.
I wonder if each participant also found it to be a valuable time? I sincerely appreciate every single person who shared this wonderful moment with us.
May our connections continue for many years to come.
I’m Sushi (Kinoshita) Yoko from the organizing team.
Thank you very much for your cooperation with the World Matcha Forum. Your kind support has enabled us to carry out reconstruction support activities for the Noto earthquake. Including those who donated after the event, the total number of donors is now 47. We would like to express our sincere gratitude.
Breakdown of income
• Japanese Yen (JPY)
o Via Peatrix: 87,423 yen
o Other: 20,000 yen
• Euro (EURO)
o Via Eventbrite: 29.20 euros (equivalent to 4,835 yen at a rate of 165.58)
• US Dollar (USD)
o 17.24 dollars (equivalent to 2,640 yen at a rate of 153.12)
• Swiss Franc (CHF)
o 336.70 francs (equivalent to 59,454 yen at a rate of 176.58)
• Total income: 174,352 yen
Exchange rate (as of October 28th)
Report from Peatrix
Transfer from Peatrix
Transfer from Everbrite
Breakdown of expenditures (donations)
• Donation to: Hokuriku Bank, Wajima Branch, Current Account 0003519 Wajima Lacquerware Industrial Cooperative Association
• Transfer amount: 174,352 yen
• Transfer fee: 220 yen
• Total amount transferred: 174,572 yen
For details on the transfer statement, please refer to the image below.
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Additional information on donations
In addition, transfer fees and prizes at the forum will be covered as donations by Blossom and Sushi Yoko.
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Final report
Thanks to everyone’s generosity, we have donated a total of 174,572 yen to the Wajima Lacquerware Industrial Cooperative Association
https://wajimanuri.or.jp/. We hope to continue to support the Noto earthquake recovery efforts.
If you have any questions or would like more information about this income and expenditure, please feel free to let us know.
For questions, please contact us via email at info(@)sushi-yoko.ch
Once things have settled down, I would like to visit Wajima as well.
I look forward to meeting you both online and offline.
Please join the Facebook Group “World Matcha Forum” if you would like. You can access it here. We look forward to your continued support.
Thank you very much for supporting our first World Matcha Forum on 19 October 2024. We couldn’t have done it without your participation!
We had 44 donors and 29 of you participated in the forum on the day.
As mentioned during the forum, Mr. Taichi Kirimoto, a Wajima lacquerware artisan and the CEO of Wajima Kirimoto shop, edited and proofed the Wajima lacquerware quiz while suffering from the second natural disaster and a subsequent personal illness. We would appreciate if you can check out his Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/taiichi_kirimoto/
On the way, we offered a moment of silence for the 360 people who lost their lives in the earthquake and 13 people who lost their lives in the floods, and then everyone made tea together.
Louise from Zurich placed first in the Wajima lacquerware quiz, congratulations! She will be collecting her prize directly from Yoko.
We will administer the charity funds in the coming days and provide an update.
Thank you again and hope to see you soon again.
Best regards,
Kimono Blossom and Sushi Yoko
World Matcha Forum https://www.facebook.com/groups/1598701154035687
If you want to learn how to make matcha, do not hesitate to contact me. If you do 5 hours of course, you will receive a certificate as an advisor from https://tablestylesado.com/
We will have a quiz on Wajima-nuri during the event. Please click here for the Instagram of Mr. Taiichi Kirimoto, who supervised the quiz. Please follow him. https://www.instagram.com/taiichi_kirimoto/ Mr. Kirimoto’s house was completely destroyed by the earthquake on January 1, and his temporary housing and workshop were inundated above floor level by the flood in September.
We have edited this video to show the situation of Wajima lacquerware workers after the Noto Peninsula earthquake. Please refrain from viewing this video if you expect to be mentally damaged. https://youtu.be/NyRd9GNNx48
Charity event on Saturday, October 19 at 22:00 JST World Tea Party in English (World matcha forum) in support of Noto Earthquake Reconstruction https://facebook.com/events/s/26014469798199164/
Please purchase as soon as possible. 100% of the proceeds from the event will be remitted to the Wajima-nuri Lacquer Ware Industry Association, a cooperative of Wajima lacquerware. We will disclose all the details of the bank transfer. (All bank transfer details will be made public.)
