A Japanese Traditional Tea Room built in the Condo. !

by Kazu

One of my colleagues built a Japanese traditional tea room in his condo. that he bought in the same building in which he had his own condo. for years.
According to his explanation, he made up his mind to buy a flat for his wife who had wanted her own tea room to host the Japanese traditional tea ceremony.

I have to omit the details on his decision making but the outline is shown above.
The guests invited to the tea ceremony have to enter the room through this small entrance called "Nijiri-guchi" at the corner of the room. The guests should be treated equally in the ceremony even if some of them are the celebrities or a tycoon is included.

Once the host has got ready to receive the guests, he or she strike the metal drum on the right and the guests get out of the waiting room or the garden.

The wife of my colleague seemed to have high degrees of skill in the hierarchy of the Japanese traditional tea ceremony world. Various kinds of tools that are a kind of art were exhibited on the shelves.
This tearoom was completely based on the rule in the Japanese traditional tea world.

Her sophisticated sense of humor and hospitality could be seen in each detail of the facility. My friend allowed his wife to collect the enough amount of arts and compile diligence.  

He made the most of a flat in the condominium in building a Japanese Japanese tearoom. I've got the ballpark figure on the cost to build the room but the actual amount outstripped my imagination.

The entrance of the flat and the waiting room were in this direction. We were from this way.

To be continued.