Updated February 16, 2010

ANNOUNCEMENT Midorikai Reunion, July 18-19, 2010
5th East Asia Tea Culture Symposium & 5th Panel Discussion on Culture and Peace in East Asia (October, 2009)
SEN Genshitsu has Audience with Pope Benedict XVI (September, 2009)

Research Institute for Japanese Arts to be Established in Tokyo, with SEN Soshitsu XVI as Director (September, 2009)
37th Urasenke Hawaii Seminar (July, 2009)
Singapore President S. R. Nathan Visits Daisosho for Tea at Konnichian (May, 2009)
2010 Spring Exhibition
Chanoyu Classes in English

ANNOUNCEMENT  Chado exhibition in Helsinki, Finland
ANNOUNCEMENT  Digital Tanko Times announce
Daisosho SEN Genshitsu Visits Abu Dhabi (October, 2008)
36th Urasenke Hawai'i Seminar (July, 2008)
Daisosho SEN Genshitsu is Awarded a Doctor of Letters Degree from Chung-Ang University, Korea (August, 2008)

Daisosho SEN Genshitsu Visits Indonesia (June, 2008)
U.N. Secretary-General BAN Ki-Moon and Mrs. Ban Visit Konnichian as Guests of SEN Genshitsu (June 28, 2008)
SEN Soshitsu XVI and Mrs. Sen Present a Welcoming Tea for the Ministers
  at the G8 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Kyoto (June 26, 2008)
Prime Minister Matti VANHANEN of Finland Visits Konnichian (June 8, 2008)
Prince El Hassan bin Talal and his wife, Princess Sarvath El Hassan,
  Visit Konnichian with Japanese Princess Takamado Hisako (May 9, 2008)

Chief Minister Dilma ROUSSEFF of the Presidental Staff Office of Brazil Visits Konnichian
(April 25, 2008)
H.H. Sayyid HAITHAM, Minister of Heritage and Culture of the Sultanate of Oman,
  Visits Konnichian (April 4, 2008)
Governor Sergio CABRAL of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro Visits Konnichian
(March 15, 2008)
President Stjepan MESIC of Croatia Visits Konnichian (March 6, 2008)
6th Chado Culture Award (February, 2008)

SEN Genshitsu Presents a Tea Offering for World Peace and Chado Lecture-Demonstration
  at the Annapolis US Naval Academy (April, 2008)
Iemoto SEN Soshitsu XVI Visits France (February, 2008)
Inauguration of Ryurei-style Tea House at Makati Park and Garden, the Philippines
(January, 2008)
2008 New Year's Tea (January, 2008)

Rosaleen McVITTIE Honored for Her Long Dedication to the Spirit of Tea (November, 2007)
4th East Asia Tea Culture Symposium & 4th Panel Discussion on Culture and Peace in East Asia (November, 2007)
Chanoyu Reference Books in English  Published by the Urasenke Foundation
New Book  A CHANOYU VOCABULARY: Practical Terms for the Way of Tea (October, 2007)



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