Japanese Tea Ceremony Lessons With a Reggae-Judoka

This may sound like a joke, but it’s not. Souchoku Umehara is a real, authentic, certified Japanese tea ceremony master who also happens to be a reggae singer. As a judoka, he began studying the art of the Japanese tea ceremony to learn about discipline and gestures, but became so intrigued that he dropped judo and became a tea ceremony master instead. Master Umehara will teach you the basics of the Japanese tea ceremony and let you to make your own cup of beautifully frothed matcha.

August 15, 2016