Best Traditional Tea Ceremony Experience in Kyoto

Located in a cosy Japanese tea house just steps from the Yasaka shrine in the Gion area, this is one of Kyoto's most charming traditional neighbourhoods. You’ll enjoy one of the best tea ceremonies in Kyoto: a relaxing and calm introduction to the traditional Japanese ceremony and a fascinating insight into Japanese culture!

The 45-minute tea ceremony experience starts with a brief introduction to tea and the history of the ceremony in Japan. Following this, your hosts will provide a full demonstration, where you’ll experience a real ceremony first hand! After the demonstration, they will explain the different steps and the significance of each step.

Next, you’ll get to try making your own bowl of tea with a bamboo whisk before tucking into a customary snack to enjoy with your tea. The experienced tea ceremony masters are fluent in English and would be happy to answer any of your questions during or after the session.

“My sister in law took us to a traditional Japanese tea ceremony and for me it was a phenomenal experience. The meticulous nature of the process, the story behind every detail of a seemingly daily activity (drinking tea) is taken to whole other level: connecting with other human beings, having a conversation, enjoying sweets and tea! After this I've incorporated Matcha tea in my life. I went out searching for the perfect, or imperfect tea bowls, whisker, tea canisters and try to prepare it as closely as possible to what I saw.” — Neto, Puerto Rico