Table-Style Tea Ceremony

Table-style tea ceremony experience in a space surrounded by books

The Tsubakinokai will hold a table-style tea ceremony performance in our library space surrounded by approximately 1,500 books. In a hotel space that is not a regular Japanese-style room or tea room, our in-house guests can enjoy a contemporary table-style tea ceremony performance in the lobby surrounded not by hanging scrolls or flower arrangements, but by books and traditional crafts. Also, you can relax in the Library Lounge with a set of matcha green tea and Japanese sweets.

Table-Style Tea Ceremony Performance Observation & Matcha Experience
Period	Every Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. ※No event on Jan.2 but will be held on Jan. 3 instead. ※Limited availability.
Location	Entrance lobby on 1F
Admission	Free ※Available for exclusive in-house guests.
Contents	Tea ceremony by the instructor Matcha green tea and Japanese sweets
Instructors	Misato Kojima Kazuko Igata

芝パークホテル　テーブル茶道

Misato Kojima

Advanced Instructor

Misato Kojima began her career as a table style tea ceremony instructor because she felt that her spirit was nurtured and refined by the presence of tea in her daily life. She teaches classes both in person and online, where students can easily learn the etiquette and beautiful manners of tea and Japanese sweets.

Kazuko Igata

Advanced Instructor
President of online salon “Camellia”

After graduating from University, Kazuko Igata worked for a major electronics manufacturer, as a companion at the Japanese Government Pavilion at the World Exposition, and as an overseas travel tour conductor. After presiding over a natural yeast baking class while raising her children, she became an advanced instructor of table style tea ceremony Tsubakinokai. Through tea ceremony, she has made it her life’s work to connect the realization of living a flexible and self-luminous life by preparing the mind and body, learning the manners and etiquette of daily living, and learning about the ancient Japanese culture.
She gives table tea ceremony lessons at corporations, municipalities, and cultural institutions, presents tea at private exhibitions, and offers hybrid face-to-face and online tea ceremony and etiquette courses, and trains instructors for the Tsubakinokai.