Friday, May 15, 2009

Tea Ceremony

Wednesday, I went with my host mom to visit a friend of hers, who does tea ceremony. The lady (I don't know her name) offered to do a ceremony for us, so when we finally had free time together, we went around 2PM.

Unfortunately I don't really know how to explain anything. It's basically just something you watch and learn. Hopefully the pictures will suffice? XD

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I think this is the lady's daughter. She did the entire thing, really.

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Finally, my host mom! She is so hard to get a picture of. She must not have known I took this.

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The sweets we were served. They were delicious.

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After the initial ceremony, they had me make a bowl of tea. I hope it was good, lol.

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Next, they had the granddaughter, Tomoko, wash the bowl.

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Lastly, we took a couple of group shots.

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With some pushing we got my host mom to take a picture. Finally proof she exists. :P

Wow, a short post! It doesn't feel right.