Matcha sweets and special dinner where you can experience Japan's proud matcha and chasen making

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The roots of the tea ceremony are in Nara, and the tea whisk, a tea utensil, was also born in Nara. Mr. Tango Tanimura, the 20th-generation chasen master of Wahokudo, whose skills have been passed down from generation to generation, talks about the tea ceremony and utensils, demonstrates and experiences making chasen, and offers Hotel Nikko Nara's cuisine, Nara sake, matcha sweets, and more. This is an original, limited event that you won't find anywhere else, where you can enjoy "Matcha" to the...

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We offer special experiential tours that allow travelers from all over the world visiting Japan, especially those who are interested in Japanese food, to experience and taste the roots of Japanese food culture. We were formed by a team of tourism-related businesses in Nara with the aim of introducing the charm of Nara and the roots of Japanese food that live in Nara. This is an activity recognized by the Japanese government's Tourism Agency. Japanese cuisine has become a world heritage site, and sake is also about to become a world heritage site. How did Japanese food come into being? Where are the roots of Japanese sake? A trip to Nara will satisfy that curiosity. In Nara, the culture from 1,300 years ago is not just a heritage, but is still alive today. The roots of Japanese cuisine and Japanese sake, as well as the temples where Japanese sake originated, still exist, and you can still enjoy these foods and sake even today. We will help you realize such a valuable experience. Please come and experience the tours we offer. You will experience a trip to Japan that no one around you in your country has ever experienced. Official site: https://exploring-nara.jp (Japanese) https://exploring-nara.jp/en/ (English)

The roots of matcha and the tea ceremony: Nara/Experience Japan's proud matcha and chasen making Matcha sweets and special dinner

Date and time: Sunday, November 5, 2023, 17:00-20:00

(17:00 - Lecture & Chasen making demonstration / 18:00 - Dinner)

Location: Hotel Nikko Nara 4th floor Hagoromo room

Contents:

Part 1 (17:00-18:00)

"Matcha" is popular all over the world. This is a program where participants can take home a special matcha latte recipe and a chasen that can be used to make authentic matcha and matcha latte, allowing them to enjoy making matcha latte at home even after returning home.

In the chasen making experience, you can experience the threading process using thread of your favorite color.

In addition, to commemorate the "Japan's Food Sacred Land Pilgrimage - NARA" tour, Tango Tanimura, in his 20s, created a chasen with a flower press created for this project, as well as a tea whisk with a flower press made by Mr. Tango Tanimura, a potter, Minoru Ono. We will be selling a special edition that combines his tea bowl with a tea whisk box made by Urasenke associate professor Munehiro Goto.

Part 2 (18:00-20:00)

The dishes utilize matcha sweets and ingredients, seasonings, and cooking methods that have their roots in Nara.

As an original menu for this tour that Hotel Nikko Nara is proud of, we will prepare a menu that you can fully enjoy pairing with sake.

As for sake, you can enjoy Aburanaga Sake Brewery Co., Ltd.'s popular sake ``Kaze no Mori'' and ``Takacho'' made with Japan's oldest sake mother, Bodaimoto*1.

In addition, the brewery's president, Mr. Chobei Yamamoto, will give a talk on sake from Nara, the birthplace of sake, making this a valuable event.

(reference)

・Wahokudo Tanimura Tango official website

(Sun) https://www.tango-tanimura.com

(English) https://www.tango-tanimura.com/en/

・Aburanaga Sake Brewery Co., Ltd.

(Sun) https://www.yucho-sake.jp

(English) https://www.yucho-sake.jp/en/

・Bodhi moto

(Sun) https://bodaimoto.org/bodaimoto/

(English) https://bodaimoto.org/language/en/what-is-bodaimoto/

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