Night of Katsuragisanbou (Katsuragi Mountain Villa)

To attend Tea ceremony, I arrived little before 7 pm.

When entering from the gate, very Japanese rooms that illuminated by round rights are floating in the mountain dark.

My step is stopped and fascinated of the scene.

It is pity that my camera did not work to get such nice scene.

When I was invited, I replied simply.

However, when I get into waiting room and introduced to trainees, I remained that I have to sit down uprightly.  I did not carry special fabric as well as papers to be used.

The attendants are 2 young ladies, 1 youth 3 middle aged peoples.

I sat down in the place accordingly to follow the person before me.

After only 3-4 minutes, I got a pain already and regret to be presented here because I am sure I will create problems.

I got the first tea cup and took accordingly to read of the parson next to me.

And had to break my upright position then I could breathed.

I took second tea.

Then, mistress asked me to make the tea.  I had already made troubles I did made tea according to given instruction from mistress.

It was very nice experience for me.

On the alcove, hanging scroll with writing of former master of Kiyomizu temple in

Kyoto

, nice Bizen tsubo where iris was placed and musk were decorated.  Those are very important items for tea ceremony.

However, sit down in upright is very difficult for me and during the time I could not think any than the pain!!

The ceremony is planning every second Saturday from 7 pm with yen 500.-.

It is necessary to make reservation few days before.

As I introduced before ( in my Japanese blog ), it is so nice and I get charmed since that time.

Just after Golden week, 4 galleries in Kokawa made special exhibition and in here, Mr.Eisho Sakai, hand Yuzen artist brought quite number of his products and had a lot of visitors.

Because it is so nice place, garden, view from garden and room, if someone want to operate music instruments, poem, Haiku, etc, that fit to this environment, please call phone number of the Villa owner: 090 8524 3544.

Address: 16-Higashikawahara, Kinokawa-shi, Wakayama-ken.