Roji
A roji is the garden approach to a tea house, organizing the guest’s passage through paths, gates, waiting places, and purification.
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Wabi-sabi
Wabi-sabi joins two historically distinct aesthetic terms associated with austere circumstances, weathered materials, tea culture, and beauty shaped by time.
Sen no Rikyū
Sen no Rikyū was a sixteenth-century tea master whose wabi-cha practice reshaped Japanese tea rooms, utensils, hospitality, and cultural memory.
Chanoyu Terminology
A structured guide to the principal Japanese terms used for tea gatherings, rooms, procedures, utensils, tea, and guest etiquette.
Japanese Tea Ceremony
The Japanese tea ceremony is a family of practices that joins matcha preparation, hospitality, architecture, utensils, and seasonal attention.