Chakai – Japanese tea gathering at the Bōki-an tea house
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| Admission: 22 EUR (Day ticket for Ethnologisches Museum and Museum für Asiatische Kunst included) |
| Ticket: Participation is only possible with a combined ticket due to the included food and drink. Other admission passes are not valid. |
| Info: max. 6 persons |
| Info: Unfortunately, this event is not wheelchair accessible. Shoes must be removed before entering the tea house. |
| Planning: Duration: 45 min |
| Which languages: English, German, Japanese |
| Belongs to: Ethnologisches Museum and Museum für Asiatische Kunst |
At the Bōki-an tea house, located on the third floor of the Humboldt Forum in the Japanese Art Gallery of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, you can experience an authentic Japanese tea ceremony. In a small group, you will enjoy a Japanese sweet and high-quality matcha tea (usucha — a light tea) from Uji in the unique atmosphere of a contemporary tea house.
Members of the Chadō Urasenke Teeweg-Verein Berlin e.V., led by tea master Nobuko Sōchō Sugai-Baumgarten, will prepare the tea for you in the traditional manner and introduce you to the spirit of a tea gathering.
Participants
Nobuko Sugai-Baumgarten grew up in Kyoto. After studying art in Tokyo, she graduated from the Düsseldorf Art Academy and worked as a freelance artist. After several years in New York, she has been living in Berlin since 2004. There she is once again engaged with the Urasenke tea ceremony and the comprehensive artistic aspects of the Japanese tea tradition, which she first encountered as a student.
In 2013, she was involved in founding the Chado Urasenke Teeweg-Verein Berlin e.V. (Urasenke Tea Ceremony Association Berlin), of which she is now chairwoman. She organises and leads events on the Japanese tea ceremony, such as tea demonstrations, tea gatherings, workshops, lectures and lessons in the tradition of the Urasenke tea ceremony – including at the Bōkian tea house in the Humboldt Forum, at Japanese diplomatic missions abroad and at her Genchōan tea room in Berlin. She played a decisive role in the realisation of the ‘Bōkian’ tea room at the Museum of Asian Art in the Humboldt Forum.