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SAKAI Marche ~Risho de Cha-Cha-Cha~
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We're holding a market where you can taste, learn about, and experience tea!
Enjoy a moment to experience the charm of tea!
◇ Date and Time ◇
May 2 (Sat) 10:00 - 16:00
* Canceled in stormy weather
◇Experience Event◇
◆Tea picking experience
This is a tea-picking experience that can only be enjoyed during the new tea season.
The first customers will receive a free tea seedling!
10:00 AM onwards, first-come, first-served basis, ends when all the new shoots are gone.
◆Parent-child tea ceremony
Parents and children will prepare tea for each other. Delicious Japanese sweets will also be served♪
11:00-12:00 / For elementary and junior high school students and their guardians
Participation is free, but registration is required.
→Registration begins on April 1st (Wed) at 9:00 AM.
◆Tea whisk making demonstration and hands-on experience
A demonstration of tea whisk making will be held by Tango Tanimura, the 20th head of the Tanimura family!
After the demonstration, there will be an opportunity to try your hand at stringing a bamboo whisk.
Tea whisk making demonstration Free tour
[Date] May 2, 2026 (Sat)
[Time] ① 10:30 AM, ② 13:30 PM. Each session is 60 minutes long x 2 sessions.
Tea whisk stringing experience
[Time] Approximately 30 minutes after the tea whisk making demonstration.
[Participation Fee] 11,000 yen (tax included, payable on the day)
After the finishing touches are done by Mr. Tango Tanimura, you can take the tea whisk home with you.
*Includes exhibition admission ticket and standing tea ceremony ticket.
[Capacity] 7 people each time
→Registration begins on April 1st (Wed) at 9:00 AM.
Tango Tanimura [Profile]
Born in 1964 in Takayama, Ikoma City, Nara Prefecture.
The 20th head of the Tanimura family, who, like his ancestors, has mastered the secret techniques passed down from father to son.
Takayama has been the center of Japanese tea whisk making for over 500 years, and the Tanimura family is one of the three surviving families of tea whisk makers that were granted surnames by the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period.
The 20th head of the Tanimura family, who, like his ancestors, has mastered the secret techniques passed down from father to son.
Takayama has been the center of Japanese tea whisk making for over 500 years, and the Tanimura family is one of the three surviving families of tea whisk makers that were granted surnames by the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period.
[The origin of Takayama tea whisks]
It is said that in the late Muromachi period, the second son of Takayama Daizensuke Yorishige, a man of refined taste in Yamato Takayama, invented the tea whisk with the advice of Murata Juko, the head priest of Shōmyōji Temple in Nara at the time.
The technique of making tea whisks was passed down to the retainers of the Takayama family, who made them as a side hobby. After the fall of the Takayama family, the place name was changed to "Takayama," and the technique of making tea whisks became a livelihood. Subsequently, with the rise of the tea ceremony, demand increased, and it was favored as a protected industry by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the Tokugawa shogunate.
In our family, the name "Tango" is recorded as the official tea whisk maker for the Tokugawa Shogunate, and we still have wooden tags and lantern boxes that were used when supplying tea whisks to the Sento Imperial Palace, court nobles, and various feudal lords, in addition to the Shogunate.
It is said that in the late Muromachi period, the second son of Takayama Daizensuke Yorishige, a man of refined taste in Yamato Takayama, invented the tea whisk with the advice of Murata Juko, the head priest of Shōmyōji Temple in Nara at the time.
The technique of making tea whisks was passed down to the retainers of the Takayama family, who made them as a side hobby. After the fall of the Takayama family, the place name was changed to "Takayama," and the technique of making tea whisks became a livelihood. Subsequently, with the rise of the tea ceremony, demand increased, and it was favored as a protected industry by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the Tokugawa shogunate.
In our family, the name "Tango" is recorded as the official tea whisk maker for the Tokugawa Shogunate, and we still have wooden tags and lantern boxes that were used when supplying tea whisks to the Sento Imperial Palace, court nobles, and various feudal lords, in addition to the Shogunate.
◆Tea Ceremony Yoga
Yoga experience led by instructor Riko Ikeda ♪
After the event, everyone will enjoy matcha tea and Japanese sweets together 🍵
[Date] May 2, 2026 (Sat)
[Time] ① 13:30 - 14:45
[Time] ① 13:30 - 14:45
②15: 00 to 16: 15
Please complete registration at least 15 minutes before each session.
Please gather in the tea room.
[Location] Sakai Plaza of Rikyu and Akiko Sansenke tea room
[Participation Fee] 4,000 yen (tax included, payable on the day)
[Capacity] 10-12 people each time
[Dress Code] Casual (everyday clothes, athletic wear, kimono, etc.)
[Things to bring] Towel, Drinks
[Application] → Applications will be accepted from 9:00 AM on April 1st (Wednesday).
Please gather in the tea room.
[Location] Sakai Plaza of Rikyu and Akiko Sansenke tea room
[Participation Fee] 4,000 yen (tax included, payable on the day)
[Capacity] 10-12 people each time
[Dress Code] Casual (everyday clothes, athletic wear, kimono, etc.)
[Things to bring] Towel, Drinks
[Application] → Applications will be accepted from 9:00 AM on April 1st (Wednesday).
Riko Ikeda [Profile]
Born in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. Yoga instructor and model.
"Yoga that leaves no one behind" is our motto.
She dedicated herself to rhythmic gymnastics from a young age, and after entering a prestigious junior high school, she competed in national competitions, but retired due to injury. After that, she discovered yoga, obtained her teaching qualification in 2009, and in 2016, she also obtained a senior-oriented chair yoga qualification. Since 2015, she has been based in Tokyo and active in various fields such as magazines, advertisements, and commercials.
2020-23 NIKE YOGA global model.
She has been familiar with the tea ceremony since kindergarten, and began seriously studying it at the Urasenke school during the COVID-19 pandemic. Finding common ground in the tranquility and wabi-sabi spirit shared by the tea ceremony, yoga, and Zen, she is working to popularize tea ceremony yoga, which delivers traditional culture in a more accessible way.
"Yoga that leaves no one behind" is our motto.
She dedicated herself to rhythmic gymnastics from a young age, and after entering a prestigious junior high school, she competed in national competitions, but retired due to injury. After that, she discovered yoga, obtained her teaching qualification in 2009, and in 2016, she also obtained a senior-oriented chair yoga qualification. Since 2015, she has been based in Tokyo and active in various fields such as magazines, advertisements, and commercials.
2020-23 NIKE YOGA global model.
She has been familiar with the tea ceremony since kindergarten, and began seriously studying it at the Urasenke school during the COVID-19 pandemic. Finding common ground in the tranquility and wabi-sabi spirit shared by the tea ceremony, yoga, and Zen, she is working to popularize tea ceremony yoga, which delivers traditional culture in a more accessible way.
◇Other event details◇
◆Tea Ceremony Introduction and Exhibition
We will be exhibiting panels that explain the tools used in the tea ceremony and the process of making tea.
◆ Standing Tea Ceremony
Experience the art of matcha tea using a golden tea bowl. Limited to the first few people at each seating area!
We will be updating the details regularly, so please be sure to check back!