Thank you very much for supporting our first World Matcha Forum

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






We held a rehearsal for the World Matcha Forum “Noto Earthquake Reconstruction Support Event”.

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/

 

Tickets for the event
still available for purchase here.
https://peatix.com/event/4024859/tickets

 

If you live in the U.S., please click here.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/993958595917

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.)

Matcha workshop at the Zen temple, Plum Village in France

I came to one of the largest Zen temples in Europe to participate in a 7-day mindfulness retreat. The scale of the event was amazing, with 1,000 people from 20 countries gathering in the first week alone. During the event, I was blessed with the opportunity to give a Matcha workshop. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Sister Chai Trai Nghiem Akemi Uchida. 🙏

Trying Anko paste

 

With our teacher’s picture

 

Thank you for listening very seriously

 

I am incredibly pleased to provide people from around the world with mindfulness matcha.

 

 

A sister showed me her whisk

 

I showed my group mindfulness matcha, too.

 

We drove 1000 km from Zurich to the Plum Village in East France. It was worth it!

 

She is a monk’s apprentice and a former IT technician. Nice talking to her.

Tea party in an old castle in Spain

 

 

 

 

 

Japan Event in Spain

Fifty minutes by car from Valencia. I had the pleasure of serving tea at the Japanese festival “Hina Matsuri” in Cujera, where there is an old castle.

After being introduced by the organizer, Ms. Mikita

I tried to speak a little English.

Surprisingly, everyone seemed to understand English.

I was a little surprised.

Still, there were some children and elderly people, so a member of the Valencia Kimono Club translated their questions into Spanish for us.

They translated our questions into Spanish and really helped us out.

The cab we had reserved did not come to the hotel.

I was very surprised that the taxi I had reserved did not come to the hotel,

Is that a common thing in Spain? Other than that, everything went really smoothly and I would like to thank everyone for their help.

It was a really smooth and successful event

It was a very successful event and everyone enjoyed it.

Thank you so much to everyone who helped with the event.

And to Ms. Mikita for all her hard work from planning to management!

Thank you very much, Mikita-san, for all your hard work!

Tea ceremony in Tokyo in 2024 January Part 2

 

 

 

 

「アフタヌーンティーお茶会@日本橋part2」

 

アフタヌーンティーとお茶会を募集したら、ありがたいことに、瞬く間に満席になってしまったので、別日にPart2を開催させていただきました。

 

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同じホテルの高層階のエグゼクティブフロア。

 

アフタヌーンティーを楽しんでいただいたとは、

 

すぐ隣の個室に移動してテーブル茶道のお茶会。

 

青空と白い雲をバックのお茶会も素晴らしかったですが、

 

東京タワーを真ん中に

 

すばらしい夕焼けと夜景を堪能しました。

 

フローラさんのアイディアで、ブラインドをいちどに開けると、皆さんから歓声が。

 

心が弾む瞬間でした。

 

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北海道からわざわざ来てくださった。

 

オーベルジュ経営のSachikoさんとお嬢さんのももこさん。

 

いつも駆けつけてくださる

 

ジュエリー作家のリサさん。作られるジュエリーが素敵すぎてほんとにいつも刺激を受けてます。

 

スイスつながりのyukoさん。

 

またスイスでお会いできますように。

 

関西出身の朱美さん。素晴らしい装いでした。今度は関西でもお会いできるかな。

 

センス抜群のtさん。またイギリスのお話などを聞かせてください。

 

同じテーブル茶道、椿の会の仲間の

 

規子さんとフローラさん。

 

いろいろお手伝いいただきありがとうございました。仲間がいて、本当に心強かったです。心から感謝。

 

来て頂いた皆様、ありがとうございました。

 

これをきっかけにご縁が広がるといいなと思います。

 

次回リアルお会いできるまでは、

 

オンラインお茶会でご一緒できたら嬉しいです。

 

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これからも皆さんで楽しいこと

 

ワクワクすることを着物でご一緒できたらうれしいです。

 

よろしくお願いいたします。

 

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Facebookグループの着物ランチ会(無料)にご参加いただければ、詳細情報がご覧になれます。

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/856955097733854

 

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【オンライン】

 

月1開催中の着物オンラインお茶会(zoom開催)参加費無料。

 

https://youtube.com/live/ZZ-B9p3gJt4

 

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【日本のオフ会】

 

年2、3回ペースで開催中の着物ランチ会

 

-大阪 5/5開催

 

♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪

 

【海外のオフ会】

 

月1開催中のスイス近辺での着物ランチ会

 

-2月中旬 

 

不定期開催のヨーロッパでのミートアップ

 

-3月1日~3日スペイン、バレンシア開催。クジェラ市のクジェラ城(予定)で日本文化イベント(ミキータ@miquitasatoさんプロデュース)

 

6月17日

 

マッターホルンを見ながら

 

ツェルマットでお茶会

 

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【テーブル茶道】

 

体験会実施中。

 

オンライン2000円20フラン

 

もしくは対面80フランで。

 

講師資格も取得できます。

 

ご希望の方、メッセージください。

 

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こちらにも仕事の写真をアップしています。

 

@sushi_yoko_com

 

https://www.instagram.com/sushi_yoko_com/ https://www.sushi-yoko.ch

 

#着物女子 #着物好きな人と繋がりたい

 

#着物好き #着物コーデ

 

#zurich #winterthur #schafhausen #bern #zug #basel #luzern #aarau #sushiclass #sushi #nigiri #stgallen #frauenfeld #sushiyokoch #kimono #winterthur #zug #zurich

 

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Tea ceremony in Tokyo in 2024 January Part 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tea ceremony experience in Tokyo in January 2024, Part I. was held on the executive floor on a high floor of a hotel.

Mt.Fuji in the middle of the room, which made me feel so much better than I expected.

Everyone took a commemorative photo with the blue sky and white clouds in the background.

After chatting a lot, we moved to a private room on the executive floor for a tea ceremony.

Thank you for your participation.

Tea ceremony event in Osaka

 

Tea ceremony at a table in 5-star hotel in Osaka

 

Tea ceremony at a table in 5-star hotel in Osaka

 

Tea ceremony at a table in a 5-star hotel in Osaka

 

Tea ceremony at a table in a 5-star hotel in Osaka

 

 

I started holding monthly Kimono Lunches in Zurich in January 2015.

I wanted to do something exciting for everyone, even if it was just going out in a kimono.

At the last kimono lunch party in Osaka,
We had a tea ceremony in a private room on the hotel’s executive floor.

This time we held it in a suite room of a five-star hotel.
The European-style furnishings matched the kimonos very well.
And the theme this time was camellias. A camellia tea bowl.

The main pastry is “Tamatsubaki”, a famous pastry from my hometown of Himeji.
Golden tea bowls were brought from Switzerland. 💦.

And I wrote thank-you notes on Japanese paper.
I handed them out to everyone.

I hope to meet you again in May. Or I will show you online how to serve matcha.


E-mail : info(at)kimono-club.ch