The BDK America Local Program sponsors
No Gate Tea's programs
No Gate Tea offers
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Bob Bruno ”If anyone is looking for a fun, interesting, and relaxing thing to do, take this class offered by Yufuko Kurioka and David Galbraith. Making and drinking tea in the Japanese Tea Ceremony manner is a wonderful and enlightening experience. And it's a fun thing for a family, too.”
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The Japanese tea ceremony is a 500-year-old practice concerned with the cultivation of focus, respect and mindfulness. The purpose of No-gate Tea is to bring this practice to a general audience in a relaxed manner.
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Upcoming workshops and classes in December
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2/23/19 (Sat.) 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. in Moraga
Discovering The Japanese Way of Tea
2/27/19 (Wed.) 10:00 – 11:30a.m. in Berkeley
The Japanese Way of Tea & putting kimono on workshop
3/2/19 (Sat.) 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in Moraga
The Japanese Way of Tea & putting kimono on workshop
3/6/19 (Wed.) 10:00 – 11:30a.m. in Berkeley
Discovering The Japanese Way of Tea All level class
3/9/19 (Sat.) 12:00 - 3:30 p.m. in Moraga
Discovering The Japanese Way of Tea Spring Open House
3/20/19 (Wed.) 10:00 – 11:30a.m. in Berkeley
Learning about Japanese fermentation and Making miso with Aedan Fermented
Learning about Japanese fermentation
and Making miso with Aedan Fermented
Date: 3/20/2019 (Wed.)
Time: 10:00 -11:30a.m.
Join the hands-on Miso (味噌) making workshop lead by Mariko Grady, the founder of Aedan (the award winning traditional Japanese fermented foods producer).
You will take home 4 pounds of baby miso that you crafted. Your baby miso will be fully mature after six months of aging at home. Also a beautifully handcrafted fermentation jar made just for this workshop (optional) is available. The high fired iron-rich clay jar gives the best environment for the baby miso, and it last for your life time.
This workshop includes:
1) Hand crafted 4lb baby miso.
2) Stories of the traditional Japanese method of koji (麹) fermentation,
3) Tasting different kinds of misos and koji products,
4) Hands-on workshop of learning how to make your own Miso. (We mash the freshly cooked soy beans, koji and salt together!)
You will take home 4 pounds of baby miso that you crafted. Your baby miso will be fully mature after six months of aging at home. Also a beautifully handcrafted fermentation jar made just for this workshop (optional) is available. The high fired iron-rich clay jar gives the best environment for the baby miso, and it last for your life time.
This workshop includes:
1) Hand crafted 4lb baby miso.
2) Stories of the traditional Japanese method of koji (麹) fermentation,
3) Tasting different kinds of misos and koji products,
4) Hands-on workshop of learning how to make your own Miso. (We mash the freshly cooked soy beans, koji and salt together!)
Mariko will bring Aedan’s freshly made Organic Rice Koji (麹: an essential living culture for the Japanese Pantry) and Organic Soy Beans to share the Japanese traditions.
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address:
2620 Warring St. Berkeley, CA Cost $65 You can order a handcrafted miso fermenting jar directly from an artist for $98 (Sold $230+ at a gallery) If you like to order a jar, please let me know by 3/2. What to bring: an apron a big jar (about 1/2 gallon) Contact: Yufuko <nogatetea@gmail.com> |
Homemade miso is especially tasty and healthy. And it’s so much fun to dig your hands into perfectly prepared soft soybeans and freshly made koji. And you can make your miso as just you like it: you can make it lumpy or smooth.
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From Making a bowl of tea to making a tea bowl
Date and Time: February 9, 2019/ 11:00a.m. - 3:00p.m.
Address: Jodo Shinshu Center, 2140 Durant Ave, Berkeley, California 94704
Address: Jodo Shinshu Center, 2140 Durant Ave, Berkeley, California 94704
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11:00 a.m. -- Appreciation of tea bowls: presentation and discussion.
11: 15 a.m. -- Making a tea bowl stage 1. 12:15 p.m. -- lunch brake (Potluck lunch. Please bring foods to share). 1:00 p.m. -- The Japanese Way of Tea basics workshop 2:00 p.m. -- Making a tea bowl stage 2. 
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In this workshop, you will make a bowl using a hand-build technique.
Hand-building (as opposed to the potter’s wheel) is the most traditional way of making a Japanese tea bowl (for tea ceremony). The students will learn a coil building technique, which includes pinching and sculpting. Everyone will get to keep one or two pieces, and the firing and glazing will be done later. (All materials provided.) This workshop is limited to 15 participants. |
Cost: $95/person (please sign up and pay by 2/4) ,
Early bird special$90/person by 1/30. *Firing and glazing fees included
$40/child (age 6-14)
Included:
- Instruction on making a tea bowl techniques,
- All materials for your making tea bowls at the workshop (you may make more than one if you can),
- Glazing instruction will be given on 2/17, Sunday afternoon at the Potters' Studio in Berkeley. (If you can't make it, we will do the glazing for you!)
- Aesthetics of tea bowls presentation
- The Japanese Tea Ceremony workshop
Questions and sign-up please contact Yufuko at <nogatetea@gmail.com>
Early bird special$90/person by 1/30. *Firing and glazing fees included
$40/child (age 6-14)
Included:
- Instruction on making a tea bowl techniques,
- All materials for your making tea bowls at the workshop (you may make more than one if you can),
- Glazing instruction will be given on 2/17, Sunday afternoon at the Potters' Studio in Berkeley. (If you can't make it, we will do the glazing for you!)
- Aesthetics of tea bowls presentation
- The Japanese Tea Ceremony workshop
Questions and sign-up please contact Yufuko at <nogatetea@gmail.com>
Making early Spring theme wagashi
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the Japanese Way of Tea basics
2/16/2019, 1:00 - 4:00p.m.
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Join our half-day workshop and learn
1. how to make beautiful 'Japanese Tea Sweets' and 2. the basics of the Japanese Way of Tea!
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After a short break, we will conduct a casual tea ceremony in the No-Gate Tea style. You may be serving or may be served a bowl of tea and will learn how to perform your role in the Japanese Tea Ceremony. The purpose of No-gate Tea is to bring tea practice to a general audience in a relaxed manner. No experience is needed for making sweets nor for the tea ceremony. Please bring an apron, but all other materials are provided. The ceremony takes place on chairs and tables. The workshop is limited to six participants. |
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Address: 1675 School Street, Moraga, CA 94556 Tuition: $65/ Early Bird special $60 by 2/10 For the questions and sign-up, please contact Yufuko at <nogatetea@gmail.com> or send a message through FaceBook <https://www.facebook.com/nogatetea/>. The classes is offered as BDK America's local program and held at the BDK America office in Moraga. |
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Dates: TBA
maximum enrollment: 8/ minimum enrollment: 5. Tuition & Fees: $120/ 5 weeks course ($25/ session for the continuation students) a starter kit: $40-50 (optional) Questions and sign-up, please contact Yufuko at <nogatetea@gmail.com> |
Discovering the Japanese Way of Tea Level 1
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The lectures will provide participants with a background in the history, culture, refinement and tradition of the classical Japanese tea ceremony. Each week you will learn new steps in the choreography of tea ceremony so that the end of the course you can perform a simple tea ceremony at home. This class is offered in English and Japanese. クラスは日本語と英語のバイリンガルです。 Location: BDK America Moraga Office Address: 1675 School Street - Moraga, CA (925) 388-0067 (BDK America office hours 10:00 - 5:00, M-F) |
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Putting kimono on workshop
-- Learning how to ware kimono The workshop will begin with help you through the steps of putting on your kimono. Please bring your own kimono to participate in this fun practice! When we are dressed in kimono, demonstration of tea service will begins. By acting out of the choreography of Tea Ceremony (where the participants play the role of guests), you will be cultivating focus, respect and mindfulness. The Way of Tea acts these values out in a pleasant drama in which you are one of the actors. This workshop is open to everyone. No experience is needed. The class will be taught in Japanese and English. クラスはバイリンガルですので、日本語でもお問い合わせください。 |
To register, contact Yufuko Kurioka at <nogatetea@gmail.com>
Fee for the workshop: $20/person. 6 participants maximum. |
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'Making a bowl of Tea' workshop for the family!
This workshop in the Japanese Way of Tea cultivates the principles of appreciation and respect in personal relations, such as child-parent, couples, or friends. This short version of the workshop will review the basic practice of serving and being served in the Japanese Way of Tea setting. We will begin with a demonstration of tea service where the participants play the role of guests. Then one person of each group will make tea for the partner/ other family members, following step-by- step instruction of the sensei. No age requirements. No experience is needed. The class will be taught in Japanese and English. クラスはバイリンガルですので、日本語でもお問い合わせください。 |
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Dates & Location:
in Moraga: 1/26/2018 Address: 1675 School Street Moraga, CA 94556 in Berkeley: TBA Adress: 2620 Warring St. Berkeley, CA. 
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Tuition & fees: $35 for two/ +$15 for additional family members Limited to 8 participants; Minimum enrollment 5 Questions and sign-up, please contact Yufuko at <nogatetea@gmail.com> Send an email note that includes your family members name.
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Yoga of Tea Ceremony -'Making a bowl of Tea' for all levels The workshop begins with a short presentation and demonstration of the Japanese Way of Tea. During the demonstration, under a guiding hand, you will be practicing a simplified manner of tea service. You will be learning how to be a guest. And then, you will practice how to serve tea at a tea ceremony, following step-by- step instruction just like you will follow the instruction at a yoga class. This workshop is open to everyone. No experience is needed. The class will be taught in Japanese and English. クラスはバイリンガルですので、日本語でもお問い合わせください。 |
To register, contact Yufuko Kurioka at <nogatetea@gmail.com>
Fee for the workshop: $20/person. 6 participants maximum. |
more workshops coming up!