{"id":3380,"date":"2025-11-15T14:57:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T05:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/japan-trails.com\/media\/?p=3380"},"modified":"2025-12-17T22:12:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T13:12:06","slug":"kakinuma-matcha-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/japan-trails.com\/media\/kakinuma-matcha-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Kakinuma \u2013 Matcha Experience in Asakusa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kakinuma (\u8336\u9053\u5177\u30fb\u82b1\u5668 \u67ff\u6cbc)<\/a> is a shop in Asakusa that not only sells fine tea-and-vase tools but also hosts a fully-fledged tea-ceremony experience inside its dedicated tea-room<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants can savour a guided class where they learn about Zen teachings, the meaning and history of the tea ceremony, and then make their own matcha.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Written by<\/span><\/mark>
Ono
Chief of Japan Trails.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kakinuma Matcha Experience Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Concept & Story<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At Kakinuma<\/a>, the poster-motto is \u201cmore familiar to tradition\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The store wants visitors to meet the tools and cultural practices of tea and flower arrangement (kad\u014d) in a welcoming way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tea-room is directly inside the shop space, <\/span><\/strong>meaning you pass from browsing fine pottery into the ritual of tea seamlessly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This store-experience model links the act of enjoying tea with the act of owning tea-tools, making the journey both experiential and collectible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tea Instructor & Ceremonial Tools<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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In the tea-room at Kakinuma<\/a>, your instructor will not only guide you in the tea ceremony, but you\u2019ll also be using a kama (tea-kettle) crafted by the living national treasure Takahashi Keiten<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A detail that elevates the experience beyond beginner-friendly to genuinely craft-oriented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This attention to historically meaningful tools underlines that you\u2019re dealing with genuine Japanese tea culture, not just a simplified version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The instructor begins by making the matcha for you, then you take over in your own turn\u2014first observing, then doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location & Access<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Kakinuma<\/a> is located at 3-21-9 Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0032<\/strong>, in the heart of the traditional Asakusa district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you arrive, you actually walk through a small path (roji) and pass a tsukubai (water-bowl) to cleanse your hands before entering the tea-room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This sequence helps set the tone of stepping out of daily life and into tea culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n