Meditative Tea Ceremony by Ichiko Horiguchi [Tea Residency]

In this more contemplative gathering, Ichiko Horiguchi invites participants to experience her signature 茶絲道 (Cha-su-ru) through tea she has made from a small native tea tree garden growing in and around Mii-dera Temple in Shiga.

The session will include a guided meditation by Ichiko, followed by three teas. Drawing from her long relationship with Mii-dera Temple, the gathering creates space to attend closely to aroma, taste, texture, and the sensations that unfold through drinking.

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Limited participation, please RSVP in advance.

40€ / person. Three teas will be served, accompanied by a small selection of Japanese tea sweets.

For attendance confirmation, we will send a payment link.

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ABOUT ICHIKO HORIGUCHI 堀口一子

Ichiko Horiguchi 堀口一子 is a tea practitioner of 茶絲道 (Cha-su-ru).

Rooted in Chinese tea, she has spent more than two decades studying and practicing across the tea cultures of China, Taiwan, and Japan, organizing tea gatherings, classes, and collaborative projects along the way. Her teaching and tea practice have taken her across Japan and into China and Hong Kong, from tea gatherings at Kyoto Art Center and Mii-dera to curating the 茶絲道 exhibition in Hangzhou, alongside continued research journeys through Taiwan and Yunnan. Her natural tea research deepened after encountering old native tea trees growing in and around Mii-dera temple in Shiga, where she began harvesting the leaves and making tea using techniques informed by her study of Chinese tea. This relationship with the temple has since developed alongside a deepening study of tea and Buddhism.

Through 茶絲道, she continues to explore the possibilities of tea across culture, place, and everyday life.

(If you’d like to learn more about the incredible story of how she found the tea, or rather how the old tea trees found her you can read the story here.)