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Kanazawa: Private Koicha Ceremony with a Samurai Tea Master
Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
$236.82
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
The Private Koicha Ceremony with a Samurai Tea Master takes place in Kanazawa's historic Nishi Chaya district. This exclusive 90-minute experience immerses you in the art of Japanese tea in a traditional 1923 machiya home.
- 🍵 Receive koicha — a rare, thick tea, seldom offered to visitors in Japan.
- 🥢 Prepare usucha (thin tea) with your own hands, guided by a tea master with 19 years of experience.
- 🏠 Spend 90 minutes as the sole guests in a charming 1923 machiya, the home of your host Yuta.
- 🎌 Learn about Enshu-ryu, the samurai lineage of tea founded by Kobori Enshu, advisor to the Tokugawa shoguns.
- 🍬 Taste seasonal jounamagashi, handcrafted by a local Kanazawa artisan on the morning of your ceremony.
- 🗣️ Engage in open discussions about tea, aesthetics, or the philosophy of a life devoted to the way, as much as you wish.
- 📸 Enjoy a commemorative photo to remember your unique experience.
- 🤲 Participate in hands-on matcha preparation during the ceremony.
- 🚗 Transportation to/from the venue is included, with hotel pickup and drop-off available.
- 👶 Pram/stroller accessible for infants and small children, ensuring a comfortable experience for all.
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Kanazawa: Private Koicha Ceremony with a Samurai Tea Master
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tea ceremony demonstration by a practitioner with 19 years of experience
- Both koicha (thick tea) and usucha (thin tea)
- Premium seasonal jounamagashi (handcrafted fresh sweets)
- Use of a private tea room in a 100-year-old machiya
- English narration and extended Q&A
- Commemorative photo
- Hands-on matcha preparation
- Fully private ceremony (no shared sessions)
- Gratuities (not expected in Japan)
- Transportation to/from venue
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meeting point
Come directly to 2-3-28 Nomachi, Kanazawa. Look for a traditional wooden machiya with a small sign “TEA BASE” beside the entrance. Your host will greet you at the door. 10 min by taxi from Kanazawa Station, or 5 min walk from Nishi Chaya District. Please arrive 5 minutes early.
Return details
Come directly to 2-3-28 Nomachi, Kanazawa. Look for a traditional wooden machiya with a small sign “TEA BASE” beside the entrance. Your host will greet you at the door. 10 min by taxi from Kanazawa Station, or 5 min walk from Nishi Chaya District. Please arrive 5 minutes early.
In the samurai era, koicha was exchanged before battle,
shared only among those a master trusted. Today, it is
the rarest form of Japanese tea.
This 90-minute private ceremony takes place in a 1923
machiya in Kanazawa's Nishi Chaya district — not a
venue, not a studio, but the home where your host Yuta
lives and practices.
Yuta has studied tea for 19 years in Enshu-ryu — the
samurai lineage founded by Kobori Enshu, tea master to
the Tokugawa shoguns. Restrained, precise, and quietly
confident.
You will be received as the only guests. Koicha will
be prepared for you; you will then prepare usucha with
your own hands. Seasonal sweets from a Kanazawa artisan
accompany the tea.
Between the bowls, there is time. Yuta does not perform
tea as theatre — he offers it as conversation. Whether
you come with years of study or simple curiosity, the
ceremony meets you where you are.
By reservation only. Maximum 5 guests. English
throughout.
shared only among those a master trusted. Today, it is
the rarest form of Japanese tea.
This 90-minute private ceremony takes place in a 1923
machiya in Kanazawa's Nishi Chaya district — not a
venue, not a studio, but the home where your host Yuta
lives and practices.
Yuta has studied tea for 19 years in Enshu-ryu — the
samurai lineage founded by Kobori Enshu, tea master to
the Tokugawa shoguns. Restrained, precise, and quietly
confident.
You will be received as the only guests. Koicha will
be prepared for you; you will then prepare usucha with
your own hands. Seasonal sweets from a Kanazawa artisan
accompany the tea.
Between the bowls, there is time. Yuta does not perform
tea as theatre — he offers it as conversation. Whether
you come with years of study or simple curiosity, the
ceremony meets you where you are.
By reservation only. Maximum 5 guests. English
throughout.
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Kanazawa: Private Koicha Ceremony with a Samurai Tea Master
Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
$236.82
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
—
You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
—
We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
—
Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!