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.
The Southwest trip was absolutely amazing because I leaned the culture of the area a lot. I spent 7 days in the southwest and I impressed by people who live there and by their culture. These things were totally different from Japan and the people there preserved their traditions carefully. I talk to a lot of Americans and I saw wonderful nature during the trip. There are three absolutely wonderfu and amazing places that I enjoyed. First, I went to a lot of museums and all of them were very interesting. I especially liked The Museum of International Folk Art. The museum has more than 130,000 objects from more than 100 countries! My favorite object was a smiling skeleton doll. This object’s theme was Day of The Dead. When I saw it, I remembered COCO which is a Pixar movie. I also liked The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Georgia O’Keeffe was an American artist and she painted a lot of flowers and nature. I think her paintings are brimming with kindness ...