Certified instructor course
Description: This course is designed for those who wish to become certified instructors of the Tsubaki-no-kai. Students will learn the basic techniques and philosophy of table-style tea ceremony and acquire teaching skills.
🌱 Artist Course (basic course)
This correspondence course includes a set of tea utensils, and you can learn the basics of otemae at your favorite time while watching a DVD. You can also learn the philosophy of table-style tea ceremony and knowledge of the tea ceremony. The set includes beginner and intermediate-level textbooks, a DVD of otemae, a set of tea utensils, and a certificate of completion.
💰 Course fee: 63,000 yen (tax included)
🍵 Beginners’ Course
In the beginner’s course, you will learn the basics of table-style tea ceremony with the help of a textbook. Students will learn the philosophy and concept of table-style tea ceremonies, the history, knowledge, benefits, and varieties of tea, the process of making matcha, knowledge of tea utensils, and the flow of table-style tea ceremonies.
⏱️ Duration: 2 hours
🎋 Intermediate Course
The year is divided into 12 months in the intermediate-level course, and students learn about Japanese annual events and tea ceremonies in the intermediate-level textbook. Each month, you will taste the sweets, flowers, colors, tea ceremony, secrets, words, decorations, and Zen words.
⏱️ Duration: 2 hours x 2 sessions
🎖️ Advanced Course
Students will learn to teach and master the tea ceremony at the Tsubaki-no-kai Table Style Tea Ceremony.
⏱️ Duration: 1.5 hours x 5 times
📝 Advanced test: A Tsubaki-no-kai Table Style Tea Ceremony Academy Certified Instructor Diploma will be issued to those who pass the test.
💰 Course Fees
- Total course fee: 255,500 yen (tax included)
- Artist Course (basic course): 63,000 yen (tax included)
- Beginner to advanced courses and certification exam: 192,500 yen (tax included)
The Artist Course (Basic Course) is a mandatory prerequisite for the Certified Teacher Training Course.
Payment must be made in advance in a lump sum.
📅 Annual Membership Fee
- ① Maintenance fee for certified instructor signboard: 12,000 yen (every new April)
- ② (If you wish) Fee for attending weekly Chakyo study sessions: 3,000 yen (monthly)
(If you want to pay ① maintenance fee for certified teacher signboard and ② tea ceremony study session fee for one year at a time: 30,000 yen (annually))
*All content will be provided in a recording.
One last thing
Every student who started this course with absolutely no experience has gone on to perform the tea ceremony confidently in front of others.
If you’re someone who wants to share Japanese culture with the world, or pass it on to future generations —
rest assured, I will be right there with you every step of the way. Why not take that first step here?