Japanese Tea Ceremony

[The2133]

Not clear.

[ErikPaulsonFan]

Man, the Japanese have such a beautiful culture. 

[lenino007]

* 私はそれを愛する - I ♥♥♥ it!!! XD

[tamazoon]

長い歴史の中で作られてきた作法の一つです。一つ一つの動きに意­味がありますが、客に一番美味しい状態の茶を飲んでもらおうとい­う心遣いが一番重要なことです

[tamazoon]

長い歴史の中で作られてきた作法の一つです。一つ一つの動きに意­味がありますが、客に一番美味しい状態の茶を飲んでもらおうとい­う心遣いが一番重要なことです

[NickDan555]

you also learn to be patient and tolarate the pain in your legs. :)

[GooGobbler113]

That screaming in the background sure detracts from the ceremony......

[ISAYWORDS1]

@GooGobbler113 i agree, but with how much space Japan has, i cant imagine it's very easy to get a place that isn't simultaneously doing something else :p

[Theclowcard]

I was thinking "Just Freaking Drink It Already" LOL

[4everanimegirl1]

i'm not japanese but i know of the great significance the tea ceremony has in their culture and to people who think this is just dumb because it takes to long to make a tea, well guess what learn and then comment this is my first time watching one but what do you expect from an anime lover?? ohh and beautiful kimonos. ^_^

[SamuraiChickenFish]

every time I watch this, for some reason, I become extremely calm and relaxed. like I don't have a care in the world, and nothing I need to do.

[524elias]

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[supakiwibaby]

Cool!!

[Ezldor]

ITS TAKING TO DAMN LONG , WHERE IS MY TEA ?!

[PraetorDrew]

Drinking matcha as I watch this. I promise I did not go through this long of a ritual to make it, though.

[nwatkins18]

Beautiful kimono.  Oh and, for you all who don't see the reason for going through "all that trouble," the tea ceremony is about more than the drinking of tea -- and at the same time, it is about less. More about being quiet and meditative, thoughtful and deliberate, graceful and simple. It is about entering a calm, meditative state of mind and momentarily slipping into a more intimate relationship with those present. Not about guzzling tea. Though the tea does have meaning itself. Look it up.

[zoquibax]

why do they put a bundle of straws in the cup

[mainhoondon21]

that better be the best tea in the world or I would have wasted my time.

[sari7888]

These tea ceremonies are of religious significance, there is a whole tradition behind it that date back many centuries, it takes many years to master the skills that go along with a tea ceremony.

[gabrieldix64]

Give me a cuppa PG any day o the week.

[Damira91]

this is great! But tell me please how I can download and save this file?

[MJerome195]

@Damira91 use a youtube downloader lol google it ^^V

[suichi98]

what happens if you take only 3 sips and didnt finish the tea? l have seen americans sip the tea like 10 times. is it considered an insult!?!

[612franklin]

Beyond my ken. That's why I'm here watchin'

[Blueagle8u]

Very nice,.....But NOT TOO GOOD if you got ADD! lol

[Jajjsproduction]

Lol, the tea probably gets cold before they even get a chance to drink it... XD

Very fascinating though =)

[DarkOnyx98]

@aoiahiru yeah I know matcha is the powdered green tea.. Seen alot of videos... They sometimes sprinkle the powder on their green tea ice cream. Look for Ronindave to see a video of that. As for china having their own tea ceremony, I kinda already figured they did as a majority of china drink tea also. Specially Oolong ((wu long)) You just don't see alot of them on here. I was just letting person I commented on know that what he/she was watching was japanese tea ceremony.

[0mohni0]

Call me stupid, but I really, really wanted to fast-forward this.

[TheArmo1]

too complicated. Being a white european is much easier and better

[grongrue]

@TheArmo1 which is exactly why the grace and gentleness goes perfectly with the japenese people.

[TheArmo1]

@grongrue eh I guess. I love their culture, its so beautiful and so precise, like excellent clockwork. I mean it shows in everything they do, say , make etc etc. I just know myself as a person cannot be like this, maybe its because I have grown up as a european white man, but all these rules and formalities and things just complicate matters further for me. It may be graceful and gentle for them, and thats fine but for me its one big elaborate unnecessary formality.

[lauraleesmithagain]

This seems like a lot of trouble for a cup of tea.

[Blur506]

awesome

[njtr]

Fast food tea must be infuriating to her.

[iamadeadghostgirl]

I like this i hear that when you go to a tea ceramony you have to think of a serine setting in your head. I am vertualy into all kinds of chineese things i want to have my own tea ceramony for my teacher that i visit often i am getting a teapot and a cup in the mail soon. I was wondering can i use a bowl and spoon instead of the tray and not use matcha powder

[DarkOnyx98]

@iamadeadghostgirl that was japanese.. not chinese.. although I'm sure chinese have their own tea ceremonies. Should get a book on both japanese and chinese to find out.

[MrBullieLover]

To me the way they serve the tea is a way of showing honor to the guest and showing the guest that their presence gives them a sense of honor.When your making something good you take your time and when you do that it usually turns out better rather than throwing everything together. The gracefulness is in their movements the way the place their hands and the way their hands can be so steady and gentle at the same time.

[dithbmine1]

A beautiful ceremony.

To bad someone did not go find the child screaming and shoot it.

[JFVrantique]

JUST DRINK THE DAMN THING!

[dithbmine1]

@JFVrantique you are a classless shithead.

[basicalgirl]

Check out the guy with the white hair @ 1:05 and 2:57! LOL!

[BushiBato]

Very good spirit for the level you(they) are at.

[yootubeloobe]

Omg! There was a full-on demonstration today at the Seattle Art Museum! It was SO COOL! :D

[robinjam304]

I bet it's cold after all that preparation :P

[calrider83]

this is crazy boring... i'm very much a fan of culture and the fine arts, but i can't grasp this slow tea stuff. the movements aren't that graceful, just slow and deliberate. you can do the same making poptarts if you like. slow does not equal elegant. i'm not saying they are dumb for doing this, and i'm not making fun, but simply commenting.

[teecuppit3a]

@calrider83 Grace, like everything else is relative. :]

[steflondon88]

@calrider83 maybe she was not born in Japan.

[612franklin]

Elegant: thanks; now I have the knowing....

[toastisfit]

nice :)

[Rosie4E]

thanks, i am happy whit this video

[andrew3656]

no offence but typical japanese, always copying eeverything chinese.

[hbunn5]

I have always enjoyed this video. Just wish the person with ther camera could be still or move more smoothly

[XoXoX0099]

its amazing and i wish i had the patience but id probably smash it or something if i had to do it like this :)

i admire you.

[OmegaWolf747]

Not to sound stupid, but when do they actually drink the tea?

[VaatisApprentice]

I myself am not sure, but i'm allmost positive it's after everyone gets their tea.

[DENNISTMNS1]

Yes, you drink the tea. I attended a Japanese Tea Ceremony today. I will never forget it; it was truly amazing.

[silverarrow112]

at the end actually :D

[narutostarfire]

wow this is what i call art at its best.this is why im grateful for my mom's Japanese friend who use to babysit me and always tell me stories about japan when i was a child ,and I'm Hispanic.i always admired the tradition of japan and i always will.and my long term goal is to be ready to go to japan and learn more about its history and i heard the people are really nice and respectful.but right now im trying to make friends with a nice japanese friend but its hard here in MA. cant wait japan

[MsAggyPrise]

wonderfully done! and your kimono is gorgeous=]

[abs69]

omg perfection! i am pleased looking at this video

[qloudz]

wow someone in the background is really pissed off

[RukiaFujioka]

This is cool! I've always wanted to learn, but honestly, after about five minutes of this, I'd be like "Screw it" and just dump the matcha into hot water, stir really fast, and drink xD

[crystalookami]

@RukiaFujioka I'd probably do that too, except i'm too stubborn. I'd practice it 100 times before i'd let anyone watch me.

[IlRezzonico]

@RukiaFujioka ha ha, why not just go to a tea/coffee machine :0)

[linkfanatic13579]

I got to do this one on one when my Japanese class went to a Japanese garden this past friday... I was chosen out of my class/group and got to have hot tea while everyone froze outside watching! lmao

[rabbitsib]

I wanna see the 4 hour tea ceremony but very few people seem to know exactly what that implies.

[greymacaw]

This is a very good attempt, but a tru ceremony takes years to learn and if you believe that, you can see how she did not do the ceremony exactly right. A wonderful job, but for example when she took the lid off the water and you heard that little clang as it fell to the floor, nooooo way that would go over traditionally.

[aihentaigirl]

how much would it be to buy this japanese tea set

[cholomackdaddy]

japanese culture is tea Us americans is BEER

[tohoho2020]

Beer is German or Czech culutre not American.

Our Sadou(tea celemony in British) has tradion of 1,300 years. Even if america has Beer culture of 220 years, it cant level with our Sadou's deepness.

[lughlamh]

American beer is piss except for the microbreweries. King of Beer, ha ha ha

[may10lee]

wow.Thats amazing!

[wendy3711]

I luv this. Doing things with slowness and deliberateness, grace and finesse. It's missing in our modern society at times.

[612franklin]

@wendy3711 couldn' t agree more.

[BushiBato]

@wendy3711 G'day Wendy.This is to build upon,not contradict you...actually it is missing MOST of the time.In this society we live in.

[asilverman44]

This ceremony is really very nice..isnt??

[JapaneseWolf17]

いち　ご　いち　え

I was in a Japanese tea ceremony at my school and it was beautiful and it wasn't like this with random people we actually had to rehearse for this .

[soulcomfort]

very cool

[supersanchez1991]

nice. today at my school (BILOXI HIGH SCHOOL) we had a tea ceremony it was not like this it was diffrent but it was nice hehehe

[Kawaiiness5]

that so cool... japanese culture!!

[teelanovela]

Tea is a cup of life. ~Author Unknown

[FleepieChan]

I'm doing Tea Ceremonies for a project: can anyone tell me why she puts the 'ladle' (sorry, wrong word, haven't found the word yet) down the way she does; or is it just a matter of it being the easy way? xD

Sorry to be so ignorant...

[stephychux3]

i'm pretty sure there's a meaning in every single thing they do. I've got to perform a tea ceremony in a matter of 2 months and i have no idea what to do...

[FleepieChan]

I'm not suprised it's that way... good luck. o_x

[alekia22]

im doing a project too! do you know any good websites?

[FleepieChan]

Not really, I just googled japanese tea ceremony. Sorry.

[NiliBilly5]

darn ceramics project. So can someone tell me if teapots are used in the ceremony, and if so, how?

[pocketloft]

Well, in a way their presence is a huge part of the ceremony. Traditional western "teapots" aren't used at all. The big black thing is heating water with charcoal. The pot to its right is the cold water bin, and the watcher to the ladies left is the waste water bin. There's a whole art to which bowels are used, their thickness, weight and color and materials. Certain kinds are used in certain seasons. Others are used for certain ceremonies. This is probably all too late for your project though.

[bobbydoorknocker]

Dark Quincey.....you are so right! Well said.

[DarkQuincy937]

TEA IS THE ESSENCE OF LIFE!!!!

[msmcis]

This is so cool! I love it!

[bribabytt]

Good lord, what was all that screaming in the background?

[yassy588]

極められた美の世界。

この動きには、芸術性と合理性を感ずる。

そこには物理学があるのだろう。

さまざまなことに通ずる心理を学ぶことができる。

[yassy588]

お茶の世界とは　すなわち　美　なのだと思う。

雪原を歩くカモシカのようだと思った。

[ILUVFFANDKH]

what is it supposed to signify??

[Aegistance]

lol. Only men was aloud to do this before. even Ikebana and calligraphy was only aloud for men, but with the years the women were aloud to learn to.

[kmah88]

just a spelling tip...

aloud = out loud

allowed = given permission for

[Aegistance]

Hehe, Thanks for that :)

[chocolateXameoba]

love her hair!

[TYPEArchANGEL]

question: just how thick is the Matcha, usually?

[Xinjiayuan]

Hope you don't have DI

[iamliina]

this is very interesting. But i don't get part 28-29. Nvm that. This is so gently/gracefully/beautifully(­aah you name it) done. I like (: 5 stars!

[kmah88]

that is a very beautiful chawan~

[TokioH0telRox]

yeah im pretty sure only girls do it cuz ive never seen a dude do it b4

[ndebbiegirl]

No, men do it too...

[adnanp]

is it only for women??

[hino0505]

Sado is for men as well as women.

On the contrary, in the old days it was only for men.

[richard2763]

how easy is it to get powdered sencha or matcha in the UK?

[Boron91]

Go to o-chadotcom. I hope you don't see this as spam, but you can get Matcha there.

[richard2763]

by the way im sure this varys all over the country so maybe she didnt

i must say i find this very relaxing to watch

[Kyodaija10]

sry to say this

but she putted the stick thingy wrong.

[KeitaYuki]

That was so beautiful to watch. Makes me wish I could go back to Japan. Art in the form of Tea. :)

[YogaNate79]

I sincerely respect Eastern cultures. I once visited Japan and China once for three weeks in 1999 and it was an experience I will never forget. This trip also introduced me to the power of green tea. And to this day, I drink 6 cups a day of it. It's very healthy and has a lot of antioxidants that hydrate your entire body. It also fights cancer, lowers cholesterol and blood pressure, and it gives your skin a healthier glow and appearance. And perhaps this is why the Japanese live such long lives.

[SlikkTim]

There is a special beauty and deepness in chanoyu.

[kakattack83]

That is so beautifully relaxing to watch! So soothing and calming. I cannot wait to go to Japan someday...

Thank you for the post!

[leecaryn]

You are most welcome!! I love Japan!! Will finally be visiting Japan soon & will be back to post more videos for all the Japan fans!

[yakumoklesk]

I also like this kind of videos. I like watching people made things with delicacy, they relax me much. I have seen some videos about napkin folding, and some of origami. I want to find videos like that. If you find some, I would be please to point them to me.

[imagelegacy]

Very nice video on chanoyu.

[claudetaiwan]

Thanks

[cajoby]

ty i needed this

[iffywiffy]

no problem! glad it came in useful! :)