Do you have any idea where you can have matcha casually in Japan, besides at
home?
What I can think of are some Japanese cafés
and temples. They usually serve matcha with a confectionary at around
500-900yen. I like enjoying matcha while taking a look at the
beautiful surroundings of the temples in Kyoto. Finding those places are a little difficult
than finding a coffee shop. (It might
not be true in Kyoto, though.)
This might sound like a much rarer occasion,
but there is actually another place where I enjoy casual matcha.
It’s a ceramic festival in my town! Last weekend, I went to the festival, and
found two booths that served matcha. Of course, I tried both … as expected of me (^0^)
What I enjoyed most were the tea wares. They served tea with various ceramics made by
the different artists of this area.
Tea bowls by up-and-coming potters used at the first place we stopped by |
This place was operated by high school students. |
Sweets were from my faovrite shop, Azumaken^^ |
This is the second place. |
And the sweets |
The tea bowl was superb. |
Moreover, they were reasonable. They cost 400yen for the first place and
300yen for the second place.
Amazing! These pictures show such beautiful bowls, plates, and sweets! I wish to go somewhere like that someday!
ReplyDeleteP.S. Did you buy any ceramics? :P
DeletePlease visit our city for the festival someday! You are very welcome. Let’s have tea together!
DeleteI didn’t buy any ceramics, but my wife bought a small bowl for rice (^^)
These bowls are really beautiful,that simple,black,Raku-like is my favorite and that flame red-orange one,too.Must be hard to decide if wishing to buy something there,l suppose.Hope that matcha was good,it looks fresh and wonderfully green.
ReplyDeletep.s.l'm having a hard time to read those words to prove l'm not a robot.:)
I guess we have very similar taste for tea bowls. I also like black one and orange one (^-^)
DeleteI sometimes think that I might be a robot, because I have difficultly recognizing the code as well, hahaha.
Thanks for the post, wonderful japanese design.
ReplyDeleteHere, a gallery in Paris, which has nice japanese art pieces:
Yakimono Japanese Ceramics
I’m glad to know that there is such nice gallery for Japanese potteries in Paris. The link is not working. I guess you wanted to mean here …
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