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Published: June 17th 2008
An amazing facet of traditional Japanese culture.
I have moved the full account of the tea ceremony from Golden Week 1 and have tweaked it a bit. There are also new photos for your perusing pleasure. I still feel that I was privileged to attend, and aside from the numb legs and ensuing pins and needles (from kneeling for a prolonged period of time) it was a fabulous experience.
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Brendan
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Knock Knees
A decidedly odd Japanese lecturer I had at uni insisted that Japanese used to be renowned for being giants until they adopted the tatami culture and gravitated (!) towards the floor. All that sitting on the knees resulted in Japanese becoming a rather short people, so he said.