朝茶

No relation to the title, the picture is from the coffee shop on the way from tea lesson. Though it's coffee which my sister ordered, I had an Indian milk tea. Delicious!!

…というタイトルとは関係なく、写真は茶道の帰りに寄った珈琲屋さんにてです。写真は妹が注文したコーヒーですが、私はインド風ミルクティーを頼みました。美味です☆

Last week we had Asaja, morning tea ceremony. It started at 7:30am and lasted for 4 hours. The ceremony went with a meal, weak tea and then strong tea. The food was all homemade by my teacher and everything including soup and dessert was delicious.

先週は朝茶でした。朝七時半からお茶会が始まって、４時間くらいじっくりかけて、お食事、薄茶、濃茶と会は進みます。私の先生はお料理は全て手作りで、汁物からデザートまでどれも絶品！

I think tea ceremony is an ultimate art of “style.” Each motion has a rule and it’s an art how much you can achieve to imitate completely the traditional “style.” It looks different from the arts which demand creativity like drawings and music. Though it might sound inconsistent, it’s impossible to complete to fit the “style.” To be exact, while you fit the “style,” it accomplishes with your own “style” like smoothness and gracefulness.

茶道って「型」の芸術の極みです。細かい動作の一つ一つまで決まっていて、如何に伝統の「型」に極限まで近づくかの芸術だと思います。絵とか音楽とか、その人の創造性を求められる芸術とは一見異端な感じがします。矛盾するようですが、その「型」に完全に適合するのって不可能です。正確には、その「型」に適合しつつも、微妙な動作にその人だけにできるなめらかさとか、しなやかさとかが出て、完成していくものです。

I’m satisfied with the tea and sweets for the moment:)

ま、今のところはおいしいお茶菓子とお抹茶で満足ですがｗ

Comments

Wow that sounds really cool. I did a sadou once but it was only for about 30 minutes. I think my feet would die if I did a normal sadou :S

Anyways, it sounds like you had a lot of fun :) Bless your feet.

Posted by T at 2007年09月08日 13:10

Thanks:) My legs have gone to numb lol. I gave up to keep my legs folded over the ceremony. I think it's more important that you enjoy sadou than suffering from the pain.

Posted by Mariko at 2007年09月09日 23:17

I had been wondering what asaja is since I saw the pics on the facebook. Now I learned it:) Iina~
And the cafe in the picture looks nice. Where is it? Indian milk tea means Chai?

Posted by Mai at 2007年09月14日 20:59

>Mai chan
Yeah, I think it's Chai. You know the coffee shop Andou next to the am/pm in Nishijin? We should try it=)

Posted by Mariko at 2007年09月15日 22:36