Tea Ceremony Experience
- Date:
- Oct. 29, 2025
- Registration Opens:
Japanese Culture Experience
Events and workshops that promote a deeper understanding of Japanese culture through actual experiences.
Annual events (for international students)
| Rakugo Experience | Dr. Matthew Shores, a scholar of Japanese literary arts and entertainment, will perform rakugo (traditional comic storytelling) in Japanese and English. Don't miss his expressive faces and dynamic gestures! |
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| Yukata Workshop | Volunteers teach how to put on a yukata. Many students have recently wanted to try wearing yukata for fireworks displays. |
| Tea Ceremony | Green tea is popular overseas as maccha. “Tea Ceremony Workshop |
| Tanabata | Write down your wishes on a strip of paper and put it up on a bamboo branch. The bamboo branch will be full of messages written in international students' newly learned Japanese or their mother tongues. |
| Anime event(Challenge to be a voice actor!) | We will invite voice actors (Mr. Daishiro Hano) to teach us how to do voice acting. Students who love anime and manga are welcome to participate! |
| Kimono Experience | Volunteers teach how to put on a kimono. Many students have tried yukata but not kimono. Students enjoy visiting different parts of the campus and taking pictures after dressing in kimono, creating a colorful atmosphere. |
| Oshiruko Experience | Enjoy hot oshiruko (sweet red bean soup) on a cold day after the New Year's Day. We will cut the New Year's mochi on this occasion. You can try fresh sweet oshiruko with the mochi. |
| Origami Workshop | An origami instructor will teach us various origami, starting from easy ones to slightly challenging ones. Let's enjoy the world of origami art together. There will also be a mini-game of flying paper airplanes for added fun. |
| Calligraphy Workshop | Students from the University of Tokyo Calligraphy Club will be teaching. In the end, everyone can challenge themselves with their favorite kanji characters, followed by a commemorative photo session! |
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