• My Tea Utensils (Chadōgu)
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  • Chabako
  • Chaire
  • Chaki
  • Chakindarai
  • Chakin otoshi
  • Chasen
  • Chashaku
  • Chawan
  • Chitosebon
  • Choshi
  • Daisu
  • Dora
  • Fuchidaka
  • Fuchin
  • Furo
  • Furosaki byōbu
  • Futaoki
  • Gotoku
  • Habōki
  • Haiki
  • Haisaji
  • Hanaire
  • Hanaire kusari
  • Hibachi
  • Hibashi
  • Hishaku
  • Ita
  • Ishi usu
  • Kagetsu orisue
  • Kaigu
  • Kaiseki dishes
  • Kakemono
  • Kama
  • Kama-kan
  • Kamashiki
  • Kama kusari
  • Kashiki
  • Kensui
  • Kizue
  • Kobukusa
  • Kōgō
  • Literature
  • Maegawara
  • Matcha furui
  • Miscellaneous
  • Mizusashi
  • Mizutsugi
  • Natsume
  • Ochoko
  • Ro
  • Shakutate
  • Shikiita
  • Soko gawara
  • Sumi
  • Sumitori
  • Tana
  • Tenmokudai
  • Tetsubin
  • Tsubo
  • Tsukubai
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• Pictures From My "Path Of Tea"

 

Chadō, "the way of tea," is a multifaceted art form, the study of which is a lifelong journey. 

I have been studying Japanese tea art, Chadō, since autumn 2016. In Finland, the study of this tradition, often known as a tea ceremony, involves multifaceted practice, where each participant, including the tea preparer and guests, has their own carefully defined roles and etiquette. However, at the core of it all is the original intention - to offer a bowl of tasty tea.

As part of my tea practice, I built a chashitsu (tea room) into my home in the summer of 2023. The size of the space is the traditional four and a half tatami (yojohan).

 

Chadō, "the way of tea," is a multifaceted art form, the study of which is a lifelong journey.

I have been studying Japanese tea tradition, Chadō, since autumn 2016. In Finland, the study of this tradition, often known as a tea ceremony, involves multifaceted practice, where each participant, including the tea preparer and guests, has their own carefully defined roles and etiquette. However, at the core of it all is the original intention - to offer a bowl of tasty tea. Tea ceremony I practice follows the Urasenke school's chadō tradition.

As part of my tea practice, I built a chashitsu (tea room) into my home in the summer of 2023. The size of the space is the traditional four and a half tatami (yojohan).

 

My Tea Utensils (Chadōgu)

 

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Chaire

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Chaki

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Chakin otoshi

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Daisu

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Fuchidaka

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Fuchin

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Furo

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Futaoki

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Gotoku

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Habōki

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Haiki

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Hanaire kusari

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Hibachi

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Hibashi

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Hishaku

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Ishi usu

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Ita
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Kagetsu orisue

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Kaigu

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Kaiseki dishes

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Kakemono

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Kama

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Kamashiki

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Kashiki

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Kensui

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Kizue

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Maegawara

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Matcha furui

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Miscellaneous
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Mizusashi

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Mizutsugi

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Shakutate

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Shikiita

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Soko gawara

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Sumi

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Tana

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Tenmokudai

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Tetsubin

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Tsubo

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Tsukubai

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Pictures From My "Path Of Tea"

Keiko 16.08.2023 - Leo and Elias as guests

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Keiko 01.08.2023 - Markku Peltola sensei teaching

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Visiting Japanska Thesällskapet in Stockholm 15.06.2023 - 19.06.2023

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My first temae, Ryakubon temae (08.11.2017)

Japanese tea has been, in many ways, like a path back home to me. In Chadō, many ways of doing things come together, which have been a part of my life for all these years.

Studying Tea helps to understand Japanese culture and Japanese identity (08.11.2017)

 

2017

Chitosebon temae -keiko in Tampere  27.12.2017

 

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Ro-sumitemae (The arrangement of the coals in the fire pit) practicing with Sempai Jan 21.12.207 in Tampere

 

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Keiko called tea practice in Tampere 19.12.2017. As sweets is a snow lantern crafted from marshmallows.

 

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"Pizza-Chakai" in Tampere with my Sempai Jan 15.12.2017. As the tea bowl "chawan" was used a hand-painted bowl made between 1770 and 1810.

 

 

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Keiko tea practice in Tampere 14.11.2017, studing the use on Ro (fire pit used during the cold season) and as a suprice to other participants a special ways to serve sweets.

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Tea practice in Tampere 10.11.2017, studing of the shaping of the ash (haigata) and setting of the cloals (sumitemae)

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Mika Mäkelä Sensei's tea practice in Tampere 08.11.2017