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This is the homepage of the Chado Urasenke Tankokai Sweden Association. Our aim is to reach those who wish to study the Urasenke school way of tea. In order to bring together people who are interested in sharing tea moments, we wish to build a networking platform for everybody interested in Japanese tea or chanoyu regardless of background and affiliation.

Japanska Thesällskapet (Chado Urasenke Tankokai Sweden Association) is a non-for profit charity organisation that has been active for about 30 years, and often in close collaboration with Etnografiska museet in Stockholm.

Japanska Thesällskapet was initiated by tea master Eiko Duke Soei and the cultural journalist Christer Duke at the time when the museum in 1990 had received a Swedish-Japanese donation in the form of the beautiful, and within Europe, unique Japanese tea ceremony house: Zui-Ki-Tei.

Japanska Thesällskapet hosts public tea ceremony demonstrations on certain Sundays during the spring, summer and autumn season, as well as offering introductory courses for those who wishes to know more about the japanese tea ceremony.
During the summer months there are also Open days in the tea house Zui-Ki-Tei, when a guide is present and serves green matcha tea.
During the spring and autumn, Japanska Thesällskapet arranges a lecture programme with themes that relate to japanese culture and the tea ceremony. The lectures, which often use images and film elements, are held in the museum's beautiful Stolpe-room.

Japanska Thesällskapet belongs to the tradition of the Urasenke school that has its base in Kyoto, Japan. For more information about the Urasenke school and the way of tea, please see:
http://www.urasenke.or.jp/texte

Membership:
100 SEK per year for individual members and for couples 150 SEK (ie 2 people).
Please pay to: Japanska Thesällskapet Chado Urasenke Tankokai Sweden Association,
"plusgiro" account: 60 56 28-7. Also send email to swedentankokaieconomy1@gmail.com
If you have any license (kyojo) from the Urasenke school, please notify the association by email
New members are welcome!

To contact the Board of Japanska Thesällskapet:
Chair: Yoko Hirohata Schön

Secretary: Linn Eriksson, Yuka Yamamoto

Treasurer: Kumiko Unger

Website: Atsuko Yamazaki

General enquiries for tea lessons, demonstrations, etc. (except for booking the Zui-Ki-Tei): swedentankokai@gmail.com

Bookings for activities at the tea house Zui-Ki-Tei are made through the Museum of Ethnography:
Phone: 010-456 12 96
E-mail: tehuset@etnografiskamuseet.se

For further information about times, prices, introductory course to the art of the tea ceremony and dates for the open house at the Zui-Ki-Tei, see the website of the Museum of Ethnography :
https://www.etnografiskamuseet.se/besok/tehuset/