{"id":1297,"date":"2013-03-29T17:36:11","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T08:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2013-03-29T17:36:11","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T08:36:11","slug":"tea-ceremony-at-the-historical-tea-house-near-the-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/gourmet\/tea-ceremony-at-the-historical-tea-house-near-the-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;TEA CEREMONY&#8221; at the historical tea house near the castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the guests who really wanna try authentic Japanese culture here in Matsumoto, it is a neat idea to join a<strong> <span style=\"color: #008000;\">tea ceremony<\/span><\/strong> at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hyakuchikutei.jp\/access.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ikegami Hyakuchiki tei<\/a><\/strong> just right behind Matsumoto castle. \u00a0This rather small tea house was built about 100 years ago by a wealthy intellectual merchant, Kisaku Ikegami. \u00a0He intended to have a cultural center to enjoy haiku (poetry) and other fine arts with his friends in authentic Japanese traditional settings.<\/p>\n<p>The first Sunday in every month until December, there will be a tea ceremony at this old tea house which everybody can join without reservations. \u00a0(Don&#8217;t need to specially dress-up for this ceremony)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/isyou.png\"><\/a><strong>Venue:  Ikegami Hyakuchikutei <\/strong>(north side of \u00a0Matumoto Castle, right next to  Matsumoto courthouse, near Matsumoto Shrine)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date: \u00a0 April \u00a07th Sunday from 10:00 to 14:00 \/ May 5th Sunday from 10:00~ 14:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Charge: \u00a0500 yen \/ person (tea and small confectionery)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/a0800_000648_m.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"a0800_000648_m\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/a0800_000648_m-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/about_img.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"about_img\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/about_img.png?resize=210%2C145&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"145\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/r4_img.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"r4_img\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/r4_img.png?resize=310%2C210&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"210\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/gourmet\/tea-ceremony-at-the-historical-tea-house-near-the-castle\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/gourmet\/tea-ceremony-at-the-historical-tea-house-near-the-castle\/\" data-text=\"&quot;TEA CEREMONY&quot; at the historical tea house near the castle\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the guests who really wanna try authentic Japanese culture here in Matsumoto, it is a neat idea to join a tea ceremony at Ikegami Hyakuchiki tei just right behind Matsumoto castle. \u00a0This rather small tea house was built about 100 years ago by a wealthy intellectual merchant, Kisaku Ikegami. \u00a0He intended to have a cultural center to enjoy haiku (poetry) and other fine arts with his friends in authentic Japanese traditional settings. The first Sunday in every month until December, there will be a tea ceremony at this old tea house which everybody can join without reservations. \u00a0(Don&#8217;t need to specially dress-up for this ceremony) Venue: Ikegami Hyakuchikutei (north [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/gourmet\/tea-ceremony-at-the-historical-tea-house-near-the-castle\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/gourmet\/tea-ceremony-at-the-historical-tea-house-near-the-castle\/\" data-text=\"&quot;TEA CEREMONY&quot; at the historical tea house near the castle\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":1298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[2359,2365,2357,2356,2358],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/a0800_000648_m-1.jpg?fit=1600%2C1066","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;TEA CEREMONY&quot; 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