WORKSHOPS & COURSES

Japanese Sencha Tea Ceremony Course Trial lesson
Summer
Meentwerf
Obaku-Baisa ryū, influenced by Obaku Zen and Baisao's philosophy, emphasizes sharing precious moments over a good cup of tea. This approach fosters warmth, care, and mutual respect.
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Ceramic hand crafted workshop with Japanese lunch
Sat, Nov 01
Hilversum
Workshop Details: Time: 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM Cost: €125 (includes Japanese lunch)
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Kimono Mamiko Foundation Course 3 days
Starts 16 Sep.
Hilversum
Kimono Foundation Course with Mamiko. Starting March this year, she will be holding monthly Kimono lessons at Meentwerf in Hilversum.
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Workshop discription

Japanese Tea Ceremony Course & Workshop

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Ceramic Workshop
Kigata Banko Teapot

Course Details:

Duration: 1-2 days , 5-6 hours each day (including Japanese lunch)
Location: Gooische theehut, Mierenmeent 122, 1218 EM Hilversum
Fee: One day 275 euro, Two days 495 euro

Using puzzled wooden mould to create your own teapot and would you like to create your own teapots set for your ceremony? You will be guided step by step to make your own teapot with Japanese traditional wooden mould. You hold your own teacups filled with warm tea from your handmade teapot.

Ceramic Workshop
and Japanese lunch

Course Details:

Duration: 4 hours (including Japanese lunch)
Location: Gooische theehut, Mierenmeent 122, 1218 EM Hilversum
125 euro

In this workshop, you’ll get hands-on experience with a variety of techniques to shape a simple lump of clay into unique, functional, or decorative items—whether it's a cup, bowl, vase, or any other piece you can dream up. We will guide you through each step, ensuring a fun and fulfilling creative journey.

Tea ceremony Course

Course Details:

Duration: 30-60min
Location: Gooische theehut, Mierenmeent 122, 1218 EM Hilversum
Lesson fee 45 euro
Trial fee: 40 euro

Ōbaku Baisa-Ryū is a sencha school that inherits the ideas of the Zen priest Baisao Koyugai and has developed from the tea ceremony of Zen Buddhism Ōbaku shū.
It is based on the ideas of ‘making a bowl of tea more delicious and enjoyable to taste, and valuing each other's hearts through the tea’.

Optional: After two years of taking this courses, you are eligible to acquire official certification after an exam at Iemoto (Grand Master in Japan).

Japanese tea ceremony
Experience Workshop

Course Details:

Duration: 120 min
Location: Gooische theehut, Mierenmeent 122, 1218 EM Hilversum
Fee 80 euro

In this Experience Workshop "HATSUTEMAESANPO", we will teach you how to properly prepare delicious tea at home, including the correct amount of tea leaves and the appropriate water temperature.

Kigata Banko Teapot workshop

Using puzzled wooden mould to create your own teapot and cups.

Ziel op aarde en papier

Traditioneel Japans inkt-schilderen Sumi-e op papier en aarde, in combinatie met een en traditionele thee ceremonie

Japanese tea ceremony

Contemplative Japanese Traditional Tea Ceremony in the Silence

Japanese tea ceremony

Japanese tea ceremony is a tradition in which tea drinking has been elevated to a true art form. The ceremony is not just about drinking the tea, but the whole process: the beauty of the ritual; preparing and drinking the tea as mindfully and consciously as possible from the heart. It is an exercise in being here and now.

During the tea ceremony, one gives attention and time to oneself to shake off stress. This opportunity brings each together and shares time and space in a contemplative way - dialogue in silence.

GREEN TEA IN THE REALM OF TRANQUILITY

Kigata Banko Yaki was invented 190 years ago by Japanese craft artist Yusetsu Mori (1808-1882). He applied a puzzled wooden mold technique to teapot-making for green tea ceremonies. After the teapot is shaped, the wooden mold can be cleverly deconstructed and removed from inside. This technique allows the teapots to keep the warm handmade feel while being very thin and light, perfectly suitable for preparing green tea.

Japanese artist Haruka Matsuo graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts and Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam. Having studied under Seigetsu Iriyama (1922-2014), Haruka is the 9th successor of Kigata Banko Yaki technique. She adds elements from her own artworks into each tea set giving them a light and modern look.

Meanwhile the molds that these tea sets are made with, are over 120 years old.