Do you know much about the Japanese tea ceremony? In this presentation, I will tell you about the origin and history of tea ceremony. Actually, tea ceremony divides into three types, such as Omotesenke, Urasenke, and Mushanokoji-senke. I will focus on and introduce the origin of Urasenke and its first tea room: Konnichi-an. This famous and historical tea ceremony room was built by Sen Sotan and this tea room has unique design. I will discuss the architecture and the unique interior design for tea ceremony customs. Konnichi-an spread common cultural tea ceremony practices throughout Japan. Today, many customs originate from Konnichi-an. My presentation will talk about the history and customs of Konnichi-an. I hope you will enjoy.
I went on a totally amazing Southwest trip with my classmates. The trip was my first time to go to the Southwest so everything was new to me. Sarah, Anikke and Bethany came with us. They made our trip more exciting. I’m happy I could go on this trip with them and I had a lot of great experiences. First, I really enjoyed New Mexico. It was chilly but not too cold. I went to the Old Town in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I liked the Old Town because there are many cute things and good restaurants in there. For example, I found a gate that was decorated with a lot of red chili peppers. I had never seen anything like that before so I was very surprised and it looked like a lot of flowers from a distance. The red chili peppers were absolutely gorgeous. Not only that, I found a great restaurant. I forgot the name of the restaurant but they have really delicious Mexican food. They gave me some Mexican chips for free and recommended that I eat the chips with honey. I really like Mexican chip