Special Summer Exhibition, Kyoto Sanjo China Shop Town

Until September 17 (Mon./National Holiday)

Special Summer Exhibition, Kyoto Sanjo China Shop Town

Traditional artworks that bring you the attraction of tea ceremony culture.

Tea utensils and arts & crafts related to tea ceremony in an easy-to-understand musuem exhibition. This exhibition is developed on the theme of cermaic shops in Kyoto from the Momoyama period through to the early Edo period. Here you can touch upon aspects of tea ceremony culture and the historical background at the time, such as a focus on tea ceremony utensils and how the handed-down crafts of today compare with excavated pieces.


Konnichian Tea Ceremony Museum

Dates
:Until September 17 (Mon./National Holiday)
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Urasenke Center, Teranouchitate-cho 682, Horikawa-dori Teranouchi-agaru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto
Telephone
:075-431-6474
Open Hours
:9:30~16:30 *Last entry, tea serving at 16:00
Closed
:Mondays (Open June 16 & September 17 though)
*Museum may be temporarily closed on occasions due to the changing of exhibits
Fee
:General Admission 800 yen, Tankokai Members 600 yen, University Students 500 yen, Junior High/High School Students 300, Elementary School Students & Tea Ceremony Museum Members Free (Free tea is served upon entry of museum)
*Group discounds (for more than 20 people)
Inquiries
(Non-Japanese):
English / Chinese (Traditional) / Chinese (Simplified)
*JJcrafts will respond to inquiries Monday to Friday, 10:00 to 17:00 (Japan time).
* Inquiries that arrive on Saturday, Sunday or on national holidays will be answered after the next working day.
Also, depending on the inquiry, it may take some time to respond.
web site:
http://www.urasenke.or.jp/ * Japanese only