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 had a good time visiting the Southwest USA with Extension students from 15 to 21, October. It was an education trip and I experienced new things and there was a lot of nature which is comfortable for me. I was looking forward to going on the Southwest trip for a long time. I have image that the Southwest is very hot but this place was cold than Spokane. It was interesting that the temperature was totally different in the same place. There were three emotions that I experienced on this trip. First, I was moved by the beautiful landscape of the Grand Canyon. It is absolutely enormous. When I look down the cliff, I remembered the teacher's caution for us that there are lots of people who die and I scared. I and my roommate wanted to see the sunrise so we tried to got up at 4:00 a.m. and then we could see the sunrise which was really fabulous. After that, we decided to rent a bicycle but we changed our mind and because we had lots of time. Surprisingly, we walked 10 miles aro...