Today I’d like to introduce about 茶道（sado） in Japan. 茶道（Sado） means tea ceremony in

English. Sado is the traditional Japanese way of drinking tea in accordance with set rules of

etiquette. Both the host and guests share a sense of togetherness during the ceremony. Sado was

perfected by Rikyu Sen in the Azuchi-Momoyama period in the latter half of the sixteenth

century. In sado, special powdered tea, different from ordinary Japanese tea is especially used.

The powdered tea is put into a teacup, hot water is poured on it, it is whipped with a bamboo

whisk till it foams and it is drunk. In the sixteenth century, Sen-no-Rikyu brought sado to

perfection by incorporating the simple artistic values known as wabi(subtle taste) and sabi

(elegant simplicity) and the concept that every single encounter never repeats in a life time

(ichigo ichie). I learned Sado for 6 years. When I played sado, I feel relief. If you come to Japan, I

want you to experience sado!!!