Vanilla Sugar
Enjoy original matcha (green powdered tea) cookies known as "Matcha Snowballs" designed originally for this event.
Hama Rikyu Gardens
Tea Ceremony in English
Oct.17-Oct.18 9：30a.m.-4p.m.
Garden hours:9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
Will be canceled in the case of bad weather (except for light rain).
Tea Ceremony
Garden admission
Adults and students 7th grade and older 300 yen. Senior (65 and over) 150 yen.
Admission free for children up to 6th grade, and junior high school students residing or attending school in Tokyo.
Tea ceremony participation fee
Nodate outdoor tea ceremony 200 yen. Nodate outdoor tea ceremony in English 300 yen, Kids' Tea ceremony 200 yen.
Tickets are available on the day at the Main Ticket (for Kids' and Nodate outdoor tea ceremony in English) or Nodate Ticket Counter (for Nodate outdoor tea ceremony in Japanese).
Organizers
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture.
About Hama Rikyu Gardens
With an area of 250,000 square meters of foliage including 6,077 tall trees.
Hama Rikyu Gardens is a classic example of an Edo Period garden. At Hama Rikyu Gardens you can enjoy a delicious cup of tea, while also appreciating the magnificent beauty of the buildings and scenery.
Nodate Outdoor Tea Ceremony in English
At Kabokuen.
A special tea ceremony for foreigners (with explanation in English).
300 yen tickets can be reserved at the Main Ticket Counter. 
*Tickets are limited so please reserve your tickets as early as possible.
12:50/13:40/14:30/15:20
Nodate Outdoor Tea Ceremony (only in Japanese)
In front of the Yagaitaku Hiroba.
200 yen tickets can be reserved at the Nodate Ticket Counter. 
*Maximum 2 tickets/person.
*Tickets are limited so please reserve your tickets as early as possible.
Kids' Tea Ceremony (only in Japanese)
At Kabokuen.
A special tea ceremony just for kids, where the world of the tea ceremony is explained with an easy-to-understand demonstration.
200 yen tickets can be reserved at the Main Ticket Counter.
*Tickets are limited so please reserve your tickets as early as possible.
*Kids from middle school and under must be accompanied by an adult.
9:30/10:20/11:10/12:00
Cha-seki Indoor Tea Ceremony
Due to your support, tickets are sold out.
The tickets for Nodate indoor tea ceremony will be on sale on the day.
Tea Sweets
Each tea ceremony will feature a different original wagashi (traditional sweet) from four well-known confectioners.
Stage Performance and Events (free of charge)
At Uchibori Hiroba
Geisha dance (30mins.)
At around 13:10 geisha will be walking around the Shioiri-no-ike tidal pond. Participants are free to take pictures of them.
- Oct.17:12:30 and 15:10
- Oct.18:12:30 and 15:10
Koto and Shakuhachi (bamboo flute) music performances by the Tokyo University of the Arts. Traditional Japanese Music Department (40mins.)
- Oct.17:11:00 and 14:20
- Oct.18:11:00 and 14:20
"The Basics of Tea Ceremony by Aishah Levine" (in English) (30mins.)
An American tea master explains how to drink tea properly at a tea ceremony.
The 30-minute lecture will also touch upon what each gesture in a tea ceremony means in taditional and modern Japanese culture.
- Oct.17:11:50
- Oct.18:11:50
Sweets on sale
At Uchibori Hiroba
TORAYA CAFE
Together with selling anpan (sweet buns) and sandwiches, popular confectioner Toraya Café will also be selling jellies that use traditional ingredients like be sweet bean paste arranged in a contemporary style.
repast
Sweets available at this event include green powdered tea pudding (an original production), monaka ice cream, green tea and azuki red bean ice cream, as well as warm green tea.
Light meals
At Uchibori Hiroba
Akasaka Fukutsuchi
The renowned maker of cha-kaiseki (multi-course meal served at tea ceremony) will be selling original lunch box with rolled sushi.
A full day of traditional culture at the Tokyo Grand Tea Ceremony
9:30-
Reserve tickets at Main Ticket Counter for Kids' and Nodate in English or Nodate Ticket Counter (for Nodate in Japanese).
Walk around the garden or enjoy the Kids' Tea ceremony.
11:00-11:20
Koto and Shakuhachi (bamboo flute) performance
11:50-12:20
"The Basics of Tea Ceremony" (in English)
12:30-
Enjoy lunch at Uchibori Hiroba.
13:10-13:40
Taking pictures of geisha.
14:30-
Nodate outdoor tea ceremony in English
15:10-15:40
Geisha dance performance
"Free shuttle bus"
"Free Shuttle bus" from Hama Rikyu Gardens to JR Shimbashi Station. Departs from Ote mon gate. See timetable for details.
Map
Access (Ote mon Entrance)
7 minutes walk from Tsukiji Shijo station or Shiodome station on the Toei Oedo Line, or Shiodome station on the Yurikamome Line.
15minutes walk from Shimbashi station on the JR Line, Toei Asakusa Line and Ginza Line (Metro).
