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The Japanese tea ceremony is a fine art that requires a lot of attention and care What are your thoughts on this method of serving tea? Comment from : National Geographic

her voice is so pretty <3 Comment from : gülay kayaoğlu

i love the sparkle in her eyes, it's as if even if 66 years has passed, her passion still gleaming her soul Comment from : a random passerby

Lovely video, but most of the subtitles are way off in terms of timing and accuracy 字幕はもう少し気を付けた方がいいと思いますよ。タイミングや内容のずれがたくさんあります。 Comment from : Oisin Collins

So amazing and beautiful I hope I get to be a guest at her tea ceremony one day Comment from : Sam A

She revealed just a tiny bit of her three-year learning What could appear such a simple, no-brainer rite is actually complicated, yet simple, and meticulous to the finest details Not revealing everything is part of the mystery of Japanese culture, indeed, of many other oriental cultures Attention to detail makes Japan very distinctive - it has served it well, as excellence in things both small and big, must shine through Comment from : Romeo Santos

Se dice que un cuenco de té no es hermoso si carece de defectos La belleza integra las imperfecciones Comment from : carlos humberto cacao figueroa

Thank you for sharing those wonderful memories with us stangers, Comment from : Enlightened_One ॐ

i love tea!!!!! Comment from : Kiersten Lowing

Miss One Thousand Spring Blossoms♥️👍 Comment from : Dan MMM

A story too beautiful and peaceful to be this short Comment from : Steven Zin

Wonderful story from a very graceful tea master I wonder if she is regarded as a Japanese Treasure? Comment from : Bill Blinky

Those who disliked this video, why??? Comment from : Xenia Blanco

I studied the tea ceremony in Japan for over 15 years , and kept on studying after i left Japan and have now been studying and practicing for nearly 30 years Maybe i haven't studied enough or maybe i will never get it because i am not smart enough, but although i find the principles of the tea ceremony absolutely wonderful i find the tea ceremony today in Japan to be merely a business, run by a few families throughout Japan and that the Motto is not Wa Kei Sei Jaku (peace, respect, harmony and serenity) but rather Kane, Kane, Kane, Kane (money, money, money, money) brThe tea ceremony style i studied, which was also Urasenke and especially the Wabi Cha, was based on simplicity and humility, poverty even It was the tea made by monks in huts with very simple and unostentatious utensils But i soon realized that a tea bowl could fetch for over a 100 000 dollars and a spoon owned by a famous master could go for over a million at private auctions I also realized that the masters and the instructors teaching a simple and unostentatious lifestyle, were all millionaires and lived a very lavish lifestyle outside the Chashitsu brThis very quickly started to bother me and i started asking questions, which were not welcomebrI changed style and started studying with actual monks and then with actual hermit at the zen monastery of Eiheiji where i spent three years studying tea and Zen There and only there have i found something that seemed close to the original meaning of the tea ceremony and definitely found peace, respect, harmony, purity and serenitybrI do not want to diss my former teachers from the Urasenke School or other teachers and masters from the Omotesenke or Mushanokojisenke or so many others who claim to be the true path of tea But to be quite honest they all reminded me of Marie Antoinette in her Petit Trianon The Petit Trainon is a part of Versailles that was offered by Louis the XVI to Marie Antoinette and wehere she lived like a shepherdess She had an entire fake village built with actual villagers living in it but who were actual actors and workers for Marie Antoinette so she could pretend to live like a peasant, far from the luxury of Versailles, while still remaining the Queen and the richest woman in France It may seem cute but it is also extremely condescending toward actual peasants and poor people who had to see their kids starve while Marie Antoinette dined in her little cottage out of the finest porcelain, eating dishes prepared by chef and wasting more food in a day than a poor family could ever have in a monthbrThose tea teachers and masters are like aristocrats pretending to live like hermits while asking for money in exchange for teaching the tea ceremony which they claim to be based on poverty The contrast and contradiction become very quickly disturbing when you experience it first hand like any other teacher, but unlike most of the other teacher, questions what i was taught brOne thing which disturbed me the most was that, although during lessons we were only served tea and cakes (and taught later own how to prepare the Kaiseki or meal served in full tea ceremonies, called Chaji , as opposed to Chakai when only tea and cakes are served), we (the students and teachers) were sometimes going out for dinner and then i could see my fellow students and my teachers eating out And this is when it struck me that this was all a masquerade The tea ceremony is based not only on simplicity and poverty and respect of naturebut it is also based on Zen Zen is the true basis of the tea ceremony and its values I had started studying zen at the same time and we were taught a few Zen teaching during the lessons But to me the first thing important about zen was the respect of nature and the respect of life Any true Zen master is de facto vegetarian or vegan as i was (and still am) because not taking animal life is one of the most fundamental principle of Zen And here i was at these expensive exclusive restaurant with the other students and our teachers, all of them eating meat and fish , all of them in their most expensive Kimono and accessories And i thought , where is the Zen teaching of respect for nature and animals and where is the unostentatious spirit and style of poverty There i was in the Petit Trianon with Marie Antoinette and her friends and i was the only one thinking that it was very wrongbrI left soon afterwards the lessons and started looking for true teachers and masters I found them at Eiheiji and other simple places even in the heart of Tokyo , among simple people, with simple and beautiful valuesbrThis video is funny to watch for me because this lady is wearing an extremely expensive Kimono and talks about the values of the tea ceremony, but not a single time does she mention the Zen Values attached to it And , although i may be wrong, i am pretty sure that she had fish for lunch and may have steak for dinner Comment from : Morgan Olfursson

What a wonderful story Comment from : Aspen Tree

This is beautiful Comment from : Kenji

Please explain to me why do you need to study for 3 years so you can pour some wáter and brisk some tea I am not asking this in a bad way, I just want to know and understand what do they do for 3 years I mean, it seems to the uneducated eye that this is something that can be learned and mastered in a few days at most Please educate me Comment from : wren460

such a graceful woman she is Comment from : ruben salazar

What a captivating story I wanted to hear more Comment from : JT Love

It was a privilege to meet and watch her explain the history of macha as well as the origin of the tea ceremony last April during the Japanese Festival in Washington DC Comment from : Cor Gi

I want to experience a tea ceremony at least once :) Comment from : lidette711

I wish they got a better and much more detail oriented translator/subber :( Comment from : hit me with Changkyuns black cane

Her voice is so calming Comment from : Monkey Do

She has such beautiful skin Oh my god I'm not just interested in her tea making skills, I want her skin regime as well Comment from : MsLalaUsagi

She speaks very quickly and I can't hold her tongue😕😕 Comment from : Julia paradise

dude, this is cool Comment from : who dat?

She has amazing skin for her age! Unbelievable Comment from : Katrina E

She speaks iincredibly quickly/i for someone her age! Comment from : Nice Try

this is a great video, but the subtitles are really lazy! she explained the tea making process with much more detail and a bunch of places are just skipped for no reason? whyyyy Comment from : Raysa

I love NatGeo so much it allows us to learn about so many different things and perspectives in the world I'm so grateful for all the content that it provides to us!! Comment from : Catherine Mai

I now feel like the way I make tea is disrespectful Comment from : Rae

i would still tap that Comment from : michelle amy templetonns stepdad

TIME FOR A TEA PARTY Comment from : Golds knight

if I would be urged describe this video in just two words, they would be happines and peace Comment from : JC9819

すばらしい Comment from : Earth Angel

Tea time desu!! Comment from : anonymous stout

Art Comment from : Malih

looks like having 54 yars old, started studying 66 years ago Asians Comment from : rohde007

@ Prospect Park Comment from : Wall Ace

In Tea Drinking She's The Greatest of All Time , total legend = mythical Comment from : jrak

This could have been way longer I could watch the beauty of this lady all day Comment from : Sarah Grant

Really beautiful music Comment from : Riley

Very beautiful! Comment from : TheTractorjaws

awesome video! Comment from : Life Is About People

I love the Japanese Their culture seems more peaceful than most and I love it Comment from : Avery Vaughn Wallace

biWhat a beautiful woman/i/b Comment from : Inflexible prick

Not your fault, but the subtitles are incredibly lazy with so much good bits skipped unnecessarily I don't know if the transcriptor or translator did not understand her dialect or what Comment from : Slippery Soup

I did a project about this This would've been beneficial to me if this was available Comment from : Soldierboss

Fascinating Comment from : Jeena Bittenbender

I'm obsessed with her voice Comment from : Coco

She's so sweet and gentle Peaceful Comment from : SoHardToBeMe

A true tea ceremony involves all of the senses This is just one aspect of the ceremony but beautiful nonetheless Comment from : Kalei K

いいねー Comment from : Sarah Carrico

Beautiful video :) Comment from : lecker Toastbrot

I love matcha!!!!!!!! It gives me peaceful energy Comment from : OLD

She’s so peaceful Comment from : Riyanna Williams

Tea party Comment from : AnimalsAndReports

'Soybean' is also her Rapper name Comment from : New Message

Gorgeous woman, gorgeous philosophy What an artform Comment from : EmmaAppleBerry

Anyone knows the title of tbe music? It's so relaxing Comment from : Handerson D Tjia

I read the title as “This Japanese Tea Monster” Comment from : VerryLongName

I love natgeo it teaches us so much Comment from : m1 coc

Early! Comment from : m1 coc

What a gentle lady! I love watching tea ceremoniesbrIt is so relaxing to watch each elegant and deliberate little movement Like a spa, for your mindbrbrAlthough I do like my tea different than the traditional "pure" way of JapanbrSugar and lemon, yes please! Comment from : Maeve Noor

What a lucky woman Comment from : Logic and Reason

Tea bender Comment from : ATR Anas

Fifth Comment from : kris

わたしも裏茶道最高∩^ω^∩ Comment from : のえchan

I'd love to have a tea now😁 Comment from : pe po

Fourth Comment from : Farhan’s Shorts

She’s looking dead 3 times already 😂 Comment from : Ibrahim Kurd

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Firstbr Comment from : KIS Mag

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