a cup of tea on a sunday

5 responses to “a cup of tea on a sunday”

1. ginzaintherain

   December 8, 2019 at 10:38 pm

   On the way back home to Kamakura this evening we went to a tea ceremony held in a Buddhist temple in Meouro, Tokyo. It was unusual to say the least and I thought I would share it with you.

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2. Robin

   December 9, 2019 at 2:54 pm

   Certainly not your mum’s local tea shop back home. But she’d probably love it.

   Incredible. Especially given the first photos. Didn’t see that one coming.

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   • ginzaintherain

     December 9, 2019 at 9:29 pm

     It was extremely fascinating actually, particularly since the performance ( quite spooky ) was held in an active, actual Buddhist temple – I have never been that close to the altar before; the monk just likes art ( and was even in the piece).

     Perhaps embarrassingly, this was my first ‘tea ceremony’, but I enjoyed this erotic, dark shadowed, Blade Runner interpretation of it ! Perhaps a little too self conscious at times, but at times enveloping and transporting

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3. Nelleke Oepkes aka Booknose

   December 9, 2019 at 11:15 pm

   Fascinating!
   I like your pictures and your film sequence: beautiful atmosphere accurately described.

   I feel almost like a live spectator.

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   • ginzaintherain

     December 10, 2019 at 12:11 am

     I wanted to film more ( it got very intimate and more mysterious as it went along ) but i was already aware that my phone, even on iPhone ‘live’ mode, was distracting to people especially in very quiet moments. I couldn’t quite bring myself to do it.

     Glad you had that proper feeling of watching though : it started off with a polite introduction talk, as these things often do,and, as you can see from the pictures, there were some quite prim and proper people sat in the audience in traditional clothes – we weren’t quite prepared for what came next …. bring given matcha green tea and sweets by balletic ghouls.

     Quite stimulating

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