Chado Norge – In the tea room
This is a handout made for the Norwegian tea group. It is a summary list of the aisatsu and things to keep in mind in the tea room.
Contents
- 1 Aisatsu
- 1.0.0.0.0.1 Start of lesson, everyone to the teacher.
- 1.0.0.0.0.2 End of lesson, everyone to the teacher.
- 1.0.0.0.0.3 Before leaving the tea room to prepare.
- 1.0.0.0.0.4 Before starting temae, Host to teacher.
- 1.0.0.0.0.5 Before starting temae, Guest to teacher.
- 1.0.0.0.0.6 Before starting temae, Host and Guest to each other.
- 1.0.0.0.0.7 After temae, Host and Guests to teacher.
- 1.0.0.0.0.8 After temae, Host and Guest to each other.
- 2 Clothing for tea practice
- 3 Behaviour in class
Aisatsu
- 1 Aisatsu
Start of lesson, everyone to the teacher.
- Konnichiwa, yoroshiku onegaishimasu.
- (Hello, thank you [for teaching me today].)
End of lesson, everyone to the teacher.
- Domo arigatou gozaimashita.
- (Thank you [for having taught us today].)
Before leaving the tea room to prepare.
- (Temae no namae) no junbi o sasete itadakimasu.
- (I’m going to prepare [the name of the practice].)
Before starting temae, Host to teacher.
- (Temae no name) no keiko o yoroshiku onegaishimasu.
- (Thank you for teaching me [the name of the practice].)
Before starting temae, Guest to teacher.
- Kyaku no keiko o yoroshiku onegaishimasu.
- (Thank you for teaching me this guest practice.)
Before starting temae, Host and Guest to each other.
- Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.
- (Thank you [for practicing with me].)
After temae, Host and Guests to teacher.
- Domo arigatou gozaimashita.
- (Thank you [for having taught us].)
After temae, Host and Guest to each other.
- Domo arigatou gozaimashita.
- (Thank you [for having practiced with me].)
- Domo arigatou gozaimashita.
Clothing for tea practice
- Clean and nice looking clothes.
- Clean white socks.
- No jewellery or watches.
For a full explanation, look at Chado_Norge_Studygroup/How_to_dress_for_tea
Behaviour in class
- When someone is doing temae, please pay attention to what he/she is doing, as the teacher expects you to learn from what the other students are taught.
- Avoid talking while another student is practising, especially about unrelated topics.
- If you have a question, please ask it to the teacher and not your fellow students.
- During the lesson one student should ask the teacher if he wants tea and sweets.