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Your First Kimono, Worn Beautifully.
Discover the joy of kimono dressing—right here in the Netherlands
Never worn a kimono before? No problem.
Our kimono dressing classes in the Netherlands are designed especially for beginners.
With gentle, step-by-step guidance from an experienced instructor, you'll learn not only how to put on a kimono properly, but also the traditional movements and tips to wear it beautifully.
Let us help you take your first step into the elegance of Japanese culture—with confidence and grace.
Haruka Matsuo - Tea master Ōbaku Baisa-Ryū
Haruka Matsuo (tea name Souran, and her teacher is Sousen Nakai) performs the Ōbaku Baisa-Ryū, a style of tea ceremony developed at the Manpukuji Temple on Mt Obaku in Uji, Kyoto. It is a school of sencha tea ceremony that inherited the beautiful tea ceremony with the aspirations of tea master Baisa Ou.
Haruka Matsuo is in search of the aesthetic and sacred moment in our daily lives that elevates our spirit by acknowledging it. She performs the traditional Japanese tea ceremony (Ōbaku Baisa-Ryū) with her tableware that she has baked herself according to ancient traditions. Clay from the Ijssel River in the Netherlands is used for the teapots she makes, and ash from the trees in the conifer park is used for the glaze. An old Japanese ceramics master taught her to make teapots with wooden moulds.
*Ōbaku Baisa-Ryū : https://sencha-oubakubaisa.jp/
*Theses “Mingei Theory and Ceramics Today: Performance, ‘Nature’ , Artists and Craftspeople“https://studenttheses.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A3635597/view
About SadoJapanese tea ceremony (known as sadō/chadō (茶道, "The Way of Tea") or cha-no-yu (茶の湯)) is a traditional form of tea ceremony and a Japanese culturalactivity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of matcha (抹茶), powdered green tea, the art of which is called (o)temae ([お]手前/[お]点前).[1]Zen Buddhism was a primary influence in the development of the Japanese tea ceremony. Much less commonly, Japanese tea practice uses leaf tea, primarily sencha, a practice known as senchadō (煎茶道, "the way of sencha") in Japanese, as opposed to chanoyu or chadō.Tea gatherings are classified as either an informal tea gathering (chakai (茶会, "tea gathering")) or a formal tea gathering (chaji (茶事, "tea event")). A chakai is a relatively simple course of hospitality that includes confections, thin tea, and perhaps a light meal. A chaji is a much more formal gathering, usually including a full-course kaiseki meal followed by confections, thick tea, and thin tea. A chaji may last up to four hours.Chadō is counted as one of the three classical Japanese arts of refinement, along with kōdō for incense appreciation, and kadō for flower arrangement.