Omotesenke of Florida

Links to other Chanoyu Sites

This site does not necessarily endorse any of the sites listed below, but in general they should add to your ability to understand and enjoy chanoyu.  The first set of links are for sites in English; within groups, they are listed in no particular order. 


 

General Tea Information

Omotesenke of Florida (this site)

Welcome to Chanoyu

The Japan Guide: Tea Ceremony
(under renovation)

Tea Times

Chanoyu Club

JIN's tea page

Furo Temae

Hinako's Tea Ceremony Page

Tea in Japan

Chanoyu: Rituals and Symbolism

Tea Ceremony Introduction (Yokohama)

TeaHyakka Magazine

The Way of Tea

A Glimpse at Chanoyu

Introduction to Tea

Tea, A Drink to Quench all Thirsts

IPPODO-TEA Information on Tea

The World in a Bowl of Tea
a site concerning kaiseki, the meal served in a tea ceremony

Making Chasen

Nakajima, A Japanese manufacturer of Tea Houses

History of Tetsubin (iron containers)

An Anthropological Perspective on Tea Ceremony

The American Green Tea Fad in the 19th Century
a fascinating look at a little-known facet of American history

Urasenke-related sites

The Urasenke Konnichi-an Web Page

Urasenke San Francisco

Chanoyu.com

Chado, the Way of Tea

Chanoyu at La Salle University

Japanese Culture Center, Chicago

Other Tea School-related sites

Enshu Sado - The Sprit of Enshu Sado, Tea Ceremony Home Page

Ogasawara Sencha Service School

Sencha Tea Ceremony

Chadogu (tea implements) and Wagashi (Japanese candy)

Tea Circle

Teatoys.com

Matcha and More (Joyce Sensei's new online shop)

Minotoya.com -Wagashi shop in Takamatsu City, Japan

Kitchoan

Liberty Orchards - okashi (Aplets & Cotlets)

Patterns for Shifuku (silk bags for tea containers)

Kimono/Obi

Kyoto Kimono

Kimono Source

Budo Store

Plum Blossom Kimono

Kimono History

Nichi Bei Bussan, Store located in CA - Kimono and other Japanese Items

Oh Noh Kimonos

Kimono-Ya
(note:  page presently says "Coming Soon")

Motoya Obi

Asahi Japan Collectibles Home Page

Teatime.com

Incense

Shoyeido (Good source for Buying Ceremonial Incense)

Baieido

Another Baieido Retailer

Japanese Antiques

Asian Antiques

Antique Arts

Blue and White Antiques

Ichiban Japanese Antiques

Japan Collector

Yoko Trading

Gallery Ren and Jiko Arts

Fujiya Antiques

Shibui Antiques

K. Crowley

Misc. Japanese Shops, Calligraphy, Ceramics, Japanese Information, Etc.

Kyoto National Museum

Traditional Crafts of Japan

Seiwa-en Japanese Garden

Japan Access, Japan Information Page

Links to Japanese History Sites (Lots)

Japanese Pottery

Ceramics with Wabi

Eri Takase - Fine Japanese Calligraphy

Kampo Cultural Center

House of Rice

Japan Hobby And Gift

Aoi Art

Japan Shop.Com

Raku Pottery

Viva Kyoto Online Shop

Japanese Gifts.com

Online Tea Shops and Tea Suppliers

Holy Mountain Trading Company

Maruichi Green Tea Farm

Japanese Green Tea Online

O-Cha.com's high quality green tea-index

Imperial Tea

East West Culture

Ten Ren Chinese Tea

Upton Tea

Japan Tea

Maeda-en Tea

Shan Shui Teas

Teas and Teapots

Special Teas

Teapot Salon

OrganicGreenTeas.com

Leaves.com

Horaido

Ippodo

Aiya

Gardens

Shofuso: The Pine Breeze Villa (Philadelphia)

Hakone Gardens (Saratoga, CA)

Japanese Garden and Teahouse, St. Paul, MN

San Diego Japanese Garden

Morikami Museum (Delray Beach, FL)

Japanese Tea Gardens

Tatami

Shoji and Tatami and other Japanese interior design items

Book Stores

Sasuga Books

Ohayosensei – Tea books

Chinese/Korean Tea and Culture

A links page of Chinese Tea and Food

Korean Tea Culture

A Brief History of Korean Tea



 
 
 

The links below are in Japanese. 
To see the Japanese on the screen with a non-Japanese Windows-based PC, you may need to run shareware such as Asian Suite along with your browser; otherwise, the screen will be loaded with garbage.  Again, this site does not necessarily endorse any of these sites.
NOTE: the latest versions of Netscape and IE have Japanese character sets; check under Character Sets in the browser menu.

Yahoo Japan list of Tea Ceremony pages
 the first place to look for tea sites in Japanese

Tea Ceremony page collection
 the second place to look for tea sites in Japanese

Shimizuya (Uji tea store)
a good web look at matcha, the tea of the tea ceremony, and much else.
Unfortunately, you can't order outside of Japan from this site.

Koyama-en
Site selling matcha from this "famous" brand

Meiwa
Complex tea site selling matcha and dogu

Tea and Christianity
many people are surprised to find that Christianity is almost as important
to the history of the tea ceremony as Zen Buddhism.
If you can read Japanese, you will find this site interesting

Yoshie's Chanoyu
lists information on all three Senke schools

Levels of Omotesenke
a list of web pages discussing some of the levels of Omotesenke study
showing the variety of forms of the Japanese tea ceremony

Susan's Culture Cafe
Nobuko Suzuki (Su-san) has a number of tea pages on this site

Forum of Tea
the Niftyserve tea forum; the link to tea ceremony is two links
above the "All About Tea" link in the left frame

Kagawa University Tea Page
Shikoku island college page

Chanoyu for Men
Bilingual: English part is mostly about tea and Zen

Link about men's kimono

Link about men's hakama

Kissako

Etsuko's Home Page

Chaka Home Page

If there are any other links you know of  (or if any of these links have changed or disappeared), please send an e-mail to Omotesenke of Florida.

© 2003 Omotesenke of Florida - all rights reserved. Last updated January 23, 2003.
We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Stephen Hearn in the expansion of this list.
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