Chawan - Authentic Japanese Tea House

May 21st — International Tea Day 🍃

Today, I reflect with deep gratitude on the journey tea has given me.✨🍃
Tea is not simply a drink 🍵it is culture, history, devotion, craftsmanship, and human connection carried through a single bowl.🍵🌱✨

My respect and appreciation go especially to the Japanese tea farmers and artisans whose quiet dedication preserves this beautiful tradition through generations. From the early mornings in the tea fields to the careful hands that cultivate, harvest, process, and prepare each leaf 🍃✨every cup carries their hard work, spirit, and sincerity.

Studying tea has taught me patience, humility, mindfulness, and peace. It has connected me with extraordinary people and opened my heart to traditions that continue to inspire me every day.

On this International Tea Day, I offer my heartfelt gratitude to all tea farmers, tea masters, artisans, and everyone who keeps the spirit of tea alive. 🍵✨

May tea continue to bring peace, understanding, and connection across cultures and borders.🌱✨🕊️🕊️

“The Pearl of the gulf” 🍵✨中東の真珠 🦪

For the ( Bowl of Peace — from Bahrain to the World) tea gathering, I created these Nerikiri wagashi (sweets) as a reflection of Bahrain beauty 🇧🇭 , known as the “Pearl of the Gulf.”

Bahrain carries a beautiful and rich history with pearls, once treasured across the world for their rarity, beauty, and the patience it takes to form them.✨🇧🇭

Surrounded by clear, shimmering waters, Bahrain’s sea has long been the source of these natural treasures. 🌊

The soft blue tones of this wagashi reflect that gentle ocean calm, luminous, and full of life.✨🇧🇭 🏝️
This original design expresses how precious bahrain is , like a pearl, shaped over time with care and resilience.

The touch of gold on the design honors Bahrain’s long tradition of fine gold craftsmanship.✨✨✨🇧🇭

Through tea and sweets, I hoped to share a feeling beyond words. A connection between cultures, 🇧🇭✨ japan 🇯🇵 and a small expression of peace. 🕊️
A shared moment, that carries a deeper meaning. 🍵🤍

#和菓子

🌸Sakura season expressed through wagashi , a fleeting story of beauty, change, and reflection.

This year I created two seasonal designs inspired by the beauty of sakura.

🌸 Mankai 満開 “full bloom”
capturing the peak of cherry blossoms in their most radiant moment, delicately which I flavored with rose for floral notes.

🌸 Hanaikada 花筏　“flower raft”
inspired by fallen petals drifting along the river, reflecting the quiet beauty of sakura’s season ending, flavored with warm , nutty kinako aroma.

In sadō (the tea ceremony) wagashi are more than just sweets. They are a poetic expressions of the season, inviting us to pause and appreciate nature’s passing moments.

Each sweet tells a story from bloom to farewell, reminding us of the delicate impermanence that makes spring so meaningful.

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