After the Double M concert, we treated our guests to some sweets and matcha green tea.

Following last year's success, we once again had the honor of serving tea at the 'Kumejima Tsumugi Exhibition' organized by Yamamoto Kogei.

Upon cleansing their hands at the tsukubai (water basin) and entering through the nijiriguchi (crawling entrance), our guests stepped into a tranquil world.

At Bar Futara in Ginza 7-chome, we held a table and chair style tea ceremony, 'Machiyoi Tsuki no Chakai' (Tea Gathering on the Eve of the Mid-Autumn Full Moon).

Upon request from the City of Belmont, we conducted a tea ceremony experience at the Ruth Faulkner Library.

We had the opportunity to visit Toda Shoko, the sole specialized mokumen (wood wool) manufacturer in Japan, for a factory tour and sachet making experience.

We had the privilege of performing a traditional tea ceremony for 1st and 3rd year high school students across two classes at Kolbe Catholic College?a local school associated with Father Kolbe, located approximately 45 minutes south of Perth, Australia.

We had the privilege of conducting a tea ceremony at The Beehive Montessori, a local school in Perth, Australia, for two upper elementary classes and one junior high class.

A group of us from the NPO Kissako Cha Know You had the privilege of joining the Perth Japan Festival in Western Australia. Initiated in 2013, this annual cultural event has successfully introduced and celebrated Japanese traditions.

At the remarkable rural facility, the Kochi Forest Synthesis Center Information Exchange Hall, each participant crafted a tea bowl from fresh bamboo and prepared and savored matcha in their self-made bowls. Amid the full bloom of mountain cherry blossoms, we relished an outdoor tea ceremony.

We conducted a concise, educational tea ceremony demonstration at Shenton College in Perth, Australia.

Initiated in February 2023, our monthly "Chanoyu Experience" invites everyone to explore the tradition of chanoyu, the Japanese tea ceremony.

Among the producers involved in Japanese textiles, Kumejima Tsumugi from Okinawa stands out as the sole traditional craft that encompasses the entire process, from raising silkworms and extracting silk to dyeing and weaving.

We offered a tea ceremony experience in a tearoom to a family from Australia who was traveling in Japan.