A tea school selling Chashitsu ZerO (¥250,000), a small assembly tea room born from the wishes of people new to tea.
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A tea ceremony school in Nishi-Asakusa, Tokyo, open not only to those who want to learn tea but also to those who want a calm space. Besides regular lessons it offers shichijishiki exercises, chaji, Japanese dance classes and events pairing incense listening with tea.
"Chashitsu ZerO" is a small assembly tea room born from students' wish to have a tea room at home. Its assembled size is listed as 160 × 120 × 150 (no unit given) and it weighs 38 kg; it comes with four cardboard walls, two tatami mats, an Echizen washi ceiling, a scroll, a tanzaku and sazare stones, and costs ¥250,000.
Its defining feature is a small 80 cm-square nijiriguchi entrance; the tatami are by Morita Tatami and the cardboard entrance was developed by Masuda Shiki of Fukui. As a flameless incense it uses Awaji Island sazare stones sprinkled with powdered incense. Viewing the real thing can be arranged — suited to those who want an easy space for tea at home or work.
A small tea room of cardboard walls and two tatami mats, softly lit through an Echizen washi ceiling. The scroll reads "Honrai muichimotsu", brushed by Sōken Danjō of Saikō Zen-ji in Hiroshima. Packed size 23 × 85 × 154; shipping is included except to remote islands.
View on official site ↗Photos: Senshin-an official website
Regular lessons cover usucha, koicha and charcoal temae, varying with the season and utensils: ¥3,000 per lesson, or ¥6,000 a month for two or more.
Shichiji-shiki are Edo Senke group exercises for 5–8 people in a large room—shaza, kagetsu, mawaribana, mawarizumi, kazucha, chakabuki and ichi-ni-san (¥6,000). An introductory Japanese dance class costs ¥3,000 per session or ¥8,000 for three a month, 45 minutes on Friday evenings. Online booking for shichiji-shiki, chaji and dance currently shows as unavailable, so contact the school.
A chaji—the full sequence from charcoal temae through kaiseki to koicha and usucha—is open to guests with no tea training. Formats range from a simple version with a boxed meal to a full one, for which meals come from the Asakusa restaurant Saryō Ichimatsu. Fees vary by format.
4 minutes' walk from Tawaramachi Station (Ginza Line) and 1 minute from Asakusa Station on the Tsukuba Express.
Photos: Senshin-an official website
| Company | Senshin-an Tea Ceremony School |
|---|---|
| Address | Suwa Bldg. 2F, 2-14-15 Nishi-Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo |
| Business | Tea ceremony classes; sales of the small assembly tea room "Chashitsu ZerO" |
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