Matcha

I went to the meeting for victims of Fukushima nuclear accident

She is the tea master of tea ceremony at Souma

Souma was suffered Tsunami large damage

and radiation damage caused

She refuged to Shizuoka

with several tea wears and tea whisks

and other tea set, hanging scroll, kimono, tea wear…, leaved in Souma

 

She has Obori pottery

Tsunami washed out the kiln 

Nevertheless she has tea everyday

I and my tea friend were taught her tea brewing

and brewed own tea

My friend brewed sencha tea

I brewed pan fried tea of Shibamoto

We made Ono-kun

Thank you for Yu and all ♥

Matcha in Autumn

 It is Autumn (#^^#)

Thank you !!

take a rest

I joined the conference at Nihonmatsu,Fukushima.
I took a rest with a cup of Matcha at the bus stop.

 

Nihonmatsu is under about 60km from The Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant.

Nobody harvest persimmon fruits.

Nodate

I went to Oome/青梅,Tokyo to have Nodate.

I felt the changing colors of autumn leaves.

This matcha was made by Kuma-en,Yame,Fukuoka.

Nodate

 I had nodate at Shizunami beach in Makinohara.

 

 

The beach get sand waves.

Nodate

I had Nodate/野点 at Koishikawa park.
This new tea wear was Kutani/九谷.

I felt that the tea wear fitted with wood like artifact ,but not tree like natural object.
This tea was made by Kuma-en/くま園 ,Yame/八女.

Nodate / 野点

I had Nodate with a cup of matcha at Oshima in Kesennuma,Miyagi.

I climbed Mt.Kameyama,Oshima.

At Great East Japan Earthquate ,it occured fire disaster in Kesennuma.

The fire went over the sea and reached to Oshima island.

At Oshima island, the forest fired.

However the mushroom had great life force.

I like the nature of Oshima island.

And I had the tea party with my freiend at Kesennuma.

Teas were Phoenix Oolong Ye Lai Xiang/鳳凰単叢夜来香,Phoenix Oolong Fang Hong 鳳凰単叢東方紅,Wu-yi rock tea /the Da Hong Pao /大紅袍 and 2010 Phoenix Oolong /鳳凰単叢.

Thank you for all.

Cherry cherry cherry !

On the way home , I got cherry trees.
To my surprise, the house had cut cherry trees.

I arranged cherry blossoms with Matcha tea.

I got this bamboo vase at Umegashima/梅が島.

This tea pot ,the lid had broken.
It can be reused as flower vase !

Matcha

It was warm today.
In Tokyo,the cherry blossoms were in bloom at once.
I picked up flowers.
This matcha was made by Ippodo in Kyoto.

Matcha

I made the porch to go for Nodate/野点 ,open-air tea ceremony.
This tea was made by Ippodo in Kyoto.

Oh, just size!

The sencha tea set

The chinese tea set is also fit.

Let's go to the open air with my tea set !

Matcha

I went to meet my friend to Koriyama/郡山,Fukushima.

My friend have counselings for women.
As Fukushima, there are problems of radiation,  the situation is different from other areas.

We had Ousu-cha/お薄茶 in Nodate / 野点.

We had Soba for lunch at Ryusenbou/隆仙坊.

Soba with tempura

The Japanese style restaurant

There is a radiation measuring instrument in the park.

And we had  the street shop of pan-fried noodles /焼きそば.

He lived in Namie /浪江 that located only 3km from the Fukushima 1st nuclear power plants.

He lost his house and his shop.

Matcha

Today, I had a cup of  matcha.
This tea is by Ippodo/一保堂 in Kyoto.

Kencha

I pray for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami.

At Natori ,Miyagi.

I went to meet my friend to Kesennuma/気仙沼.

The sea was calm and peaceful.

Candles for requiem.
I hope to reborn Tohoku.

Matcha

I went to have a cup of Matcha to Uogashi Meicha/うおがし銘茶 at Tukizi/築地,Tokyo.

The taste is bitter and sweet.

and beautiful freen.