The BDK America Local Program sponsors
No Gate Tea's programs
No Gate Tea offers
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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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Come to make beautiful early spring Japanese tea sweets!
In this three hours workshop, you are learning 1. making the Japanese Sweets dough called 'nerikiri-kiji (練り切り生地)'. 2. techniques to shape the dough into a beautiful 'wagashi'. 3. the basic manner of being a guest at the Japanese Way of Tea
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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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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 $100 (Sold $200+ at a gallery) If you like to order a jar, please order by 2/25 What to bring: an apron a big jar (about 1/2 gallon) |
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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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. |
in Moraga
TBA Address: 1675 School Street - Moraga, CA Questions and sign-up, please contact Yufuko at <nogatetea@gmail.com>
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in Berkeley
TBA Address: 2620 Warring St. Berkeley, CA |
'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。 |
Dates & Location:
in Moraga: 2/15/2020 Address: 1675 School Street Moraga, CA 94556 in Berkeley: 2/19/2020 Adress: 2620 Warring St. Berkeley, CA. |
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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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) |
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. |
in Moraga
TBA Address: 1675 School Street - Moraga, CA |
in Berkeley
TBA Address: 2620 Warring St. Berkeley, CA send us an e-mail!
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