At Ginchakai, various events related to tea are held concurrently.
Please take this opportunity to check them out.
(Event times vary by event. See below for details.)
Koicha, or thick tea, is a highly prestigious type of tea that is treated with the utmost care from the time the tea leaves are grown. It is made by using double the amount of matcha tea powder found in regular Usucha (thin tea), resulting in a tea that is richer and more lustrous.
Please try this tea along with the sweets available at Ginchakai.
| Date & Time | Sunday, October 27 Session 1: 11:00 / Session 2: 11:30 / Session 3: 12:00 / Session 4: 13:00 / Session 5: 13:30 / Session 6: 14:00 / Session 7: 14:30
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| Location | Ginza Keian Tearoom, Uematsu Bldg. B1F, 7-8-5 Ginza |
| Capacity | 6 persons per session |
| Participation fee |
¥1,000 per person (paid on the day of the event) |
| How to apply |
Please pre-register online in the same manner as the tea ceremony pre-registration and lottery. Winners will be notified by e-mail after the lottery is held.Please check the application page for details.
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| Organizer | Ginza Keian |
It has been 500 years since tea and incense were first combined as a cultural art form. In Kodo (incense-smelling ceremony) inhaling the scent of the incense is called “listening.” Participants “listen” to the scent (monko) of the precious koboku aromatic wood in an experience that combines knowledge and fun. The experience will be accompanied by easily-understood explanations, making it enjoyable for everyone.
| Date & Time | Sunday, October 27 Session 1: 11:00-11:30 / Session 2: 13:00-13:30 / Session 3: 14:30-15:00 / Session 4: 16:00-16:30 Sessions will begin at the scheduled times. It will not be possible to participate after the session starts. |
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| Location | Ginza 4-chome Matsuya-dori / Nippon Kodo Building 3F, Incense Ceremony Room “Akatsuki”, 4-9-1 Ginza |
| Capacity | 15 seats available per session. |
| Participation Fee |
Free of charge |
| How to Apply |
Please pre-register online in the same manner as the tea ceremony pre-registration and lottery. Winners will be notified by e-mail after the lottery is held. |
| Organizers | Koju/Nippon Kodo
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Student tea room designs are collected for the Architectural Culture Week Student Grand Prix 2024 Ginchakai Tea Rooms hosted by the Architectural Institute of Japan, and panels of submitted works and the best submission are displayed each year at Ginchakai.
The submission awarded the gold prize this year will be constructed in full scale for the exhibit at Ginza Terrace on the 9th floor of Ginza Mitsukoshi Department Store again this year, and will be used as an actual tea room. Enjoy a highly original tea ceremony room space uniquely created by students.
The venue
“Togenkyo”, the 2023 gold prize-winning submission
Hiroshima University & Graduate School (Masato Yamada, Itsuki Okamoto, Tomohiro Okazaki,
Tatsuya Matsuoka, Rei Kakurezaki)
The winner will receive a teacup
originally designed by Dinaone
(supporter)
| Exhibition Period |
Thursday, October 24 - Monday, October 28 |
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| Location | Ginza Mitsukoshi 9F Ginza Terrace |
| Time | 10:00-20:00 (until 18:00 on the 28th) |
| Supporter | Dinaone |
| Partners | Architectural Institute of Japan, Ginza Mitsukoshi |
The following tea rooms will be used for tea ceremony. The details are as follows.
●Saturday, October 26: Enshu-ryu Sado
[First-come, first-served /
30 participants per session]
13:00~ / 13:30~ / 14:00~ / 14:30~
●Sunday, October 27: Omotesenke
[30 participants per session /
Pre-register online]
13:00~ / 13:30~ / 14:00~ / 14:30~ / 15:00~ / 15:30~
Tea ceremony tickets will be distributed based on lottery results following an online pre-registration period.
![[Seigetsudo Honten] Ginza Yosoou](img/gakusei_wagashi01.png)
At Saturday Ginchakai on October 26, guests will be served Ginza Yosoou from Seigetsudo Honten.
![[Ginza Fugetsudo] Misebaya](img/gakusei_wagashi02.png)
At Ginchakai on October 27, guests will be served Misebaya from Ginza Fugetsudo
The Tokyo University of the Arts (TUA) will hold an exhibit again this year in Ginza Itoya. The HandShake Lounge that is the venue for the exhibit will display and sell design pieces by faculty and students from the Department of Crafts. Please enjoy the unique space that has been created here and the individuality of the utensils. The pieces displayed will be used on Sunday, October 27 in the Ginchakai tea ceremony (④ Urasenke Usucha-seki).
| Exhibition Period |
Thursday, October 24 - Monday, October 28 |
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| Location | Ginza Itoya, G.Itoya 10F HandShake Lounge |
| Hours | Weekdays: 13:00-18:00, Weekends: 11:00-18:00 |
| Works | Tokyo University of the Arts Department of Crafts |
| Artists | Students & teachers from the Tokyo University of the Arts Department of Crafts |
| Organizers | Ginza Street Association, Tokyo University of the Arts Department of Crafts |
| Sponsor | Geidai Friends Subsidy Grant Program |
| Partner | Ginza Itoya |
Yasuo Okuda Metal Material formation (glass)
title:vase -reef-
Materials:pottery, glass
Techniques:glass casting on ceramic surface
Hirotomi Maeda Metal chasing
title:Brass Kensui(waste-water container)
Materials:brass, gold, silver
Techniques:hammering, amalgam gilding
Ogura Norihiko Lacquer
title:Abbaye Notre-dam de Se’nanque
Materials:urushi, gold, silver, pigments
Techniques:Togidashi-makie painterly expression ：scratch with bleeding and blur techniques
*Items shown are reference works. Exhibited works are available for purchase (excluding some works).
| Teachers | |
|---|---|
| Metal chasing | Maeda Hirotomi, Kumasaka Myu |
| Hammering | None |
| Casting | Tanioka Yasunori, Saegusa Kazumasa, Kim Hyojin, Hotta Mitsuhiko |
| Lacquer | Ogura Norihiko, Aoki Kodo, Tanakadate Ami, Sasaki Gakuto, Kobayashi Konomi |
| Ceramics | Mikami Ryo, Shina Isamu, Tanaka Takashi, Shigeta Masahumi, Nakajima Yuri, Chubachi Minami |
| Textile | Umeda Yuko, Okoda Mayuko |
| Material formation (wood,glass) |
Fujiwara Nobuyuki, Sonobe Hidenori, Nakauchi Akinori, Okuda Yasuo, Koishi Takahiro, Kim Dohyeon |
| Handicrafts | Saji Mariko, Ishii Jun, Fujitsuka Mayuko, Shimojoh Akira |
| Students | |
|---|---|
| Doctorate 3rd year |
Chang Lulu, Kami Waller |
| Doctorate 1st year |
Kuo KuoLung |
| Master’s 2nd year |
Hanai Madoka, Luo Yiran, Goto Natsuki, Suzuki Mahiro, Takahashi Suzuka |
| Master’s 1st year |
Takahashi Akari, Itakura Natsumi, Mochizuki Rei, Fujimoto Haruka, Hatakeyama Kana, Kawabata Takuto, Yoshimoto Anri, Hirakane Ryo, Iwashita Minori, Ohori Tamami, Kawasaki Kaito, Shiraishi mako, Wang Xinran, Wang Ling-Yueh, Xie Jingwen, Nomura Shunsuke, Ota Miku, Nishimura Nana, Harada Nodoka, Nie Zhihan, Kim Hyunjin, Masuda Akane, Kobayashi Tsubaki, Kuno Minori, Taorige Sarina, Harada Himawari, Nishizawa Akari |
| Undergraduate 4th year |
Inai Kozue, Yokoyama Miho, Tsuruoka Fuyuna, Arai Sakiko, Yokomizo Tomomi, Kato Yuria, Kakinuma Miyuki, Mori Erina, Fujita Noa, Okumura Nagi |
| Undergraduate 3rd year |
Ichimaru Yo, Suzuki Kotaro, Nishihara Fumihoko, Hasumoto Nao, Iwata Kana, Kobayashi Shoka, Fukuchi Touko, Yamagishi Kae, Tobe Hinako, Isou Shohei, Mori Emi, Yanagidani Honoka |
| Undergraduate 2nd year |
Gokita Aoi, Suzuki Kana, Uchida Yume, Idokawa Madoka, Miyoshi Suzu, Takahashi Miho, Nagai Daichi |
| Research student |
Takano Yoshie |
Musunde Hiraite Tea Fair: “Ban-no-cha”, tea that has warmly colored the daily life of the areas where it is grown, will be served here. Various types of tea such as Vietnamese tea and kabuse tea will be available for the first time.
There will also be fun activities to help you learn about and enjoy tea, such as a bancha tea capsule-toy machine where everyone wins a prize, an all-you-can-pack keba (leaf fuzz) tea that is normally unavailable on the market, an experience with the original method of making tea using a bamboo tube, and a workshop on making roasted tea taught by a tea merchant.
List of Exhibitors
Umeda Tea (Umeda Tea Production Association, Gunma), Kabuse Tea (Marushige Shimizu Seicha, Mie), Goishi Tea (Otoyo Town, Kochi), Sannen Bancha Tea (Miyazaki Sabo, Miyazaki) Tenpiboshi Bancha Tea (Kaheehonpo・Nara), Vietnam Tea (Ethnic Tea Salon, Tokyo),Hojicha (Miyanoen, Saitama), Mimasaka Bancha Tea (Kaita Green Kurosaka Seicha, Okayama)
The famous Kyoto tea maker Fukujuen will have their own special booth again this year. In order to let even more people experience the taste of matcha tea, there are plans to hold events such as matcha tea provision, a matcha tea-making experience, and a taste-testing of their new matcha latte product.
A wide selection of leaf-based tea and matcha tea, as well as various sweets and gourmet food with connections to tea will be available at Ginza Mitsukoshi.
Enjoy a fun and fulfilling time while immersing yourself in tea culture.
SENCHAISM: Oscar Brekell, a Japanese tea instructor from Sweden, will discuss the richly diverse world of Japanese tea.
*Photos are for illustrative purposes only.
Enjoy autumn in Japan with delicious tea.
*Subject to cancellation in the event of stormy weather.Ito En Tea Tasters with great tea knowledge and experience will give visitors delicious Ito En tea that can be made quickly and easily.
There are different key points for making delicious, fragrant tea for each type. The tea you usually drink without a second thought becomes even tastier depending on how it is served. Ito En Tea Tasters will share tips on how you can make even more delicious tea.
Please note that the schedule is subject to change due to various circumstances. Charity donation boxes will be set up on location during this event. Your cooperation is appreciated.
(Proceeds will go to the Central Community Chest of Japan Disaster Relief Volunteer & NPO Support Fund. (Disaster volunteer and NPO activity support donation “Borasapo”, 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake)
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