Chado Research Center Galleries
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2012 New Year's Exhibition Tea-implement Ensembles for the New Year January 7 (Mon) - March 20 (Tue) 1st term: January 7 (Mon) - February 19 (Sun) 2nd term: February 21 (Tue) - March 20 (Tue; National Holiday) |
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In the modern, well-equipped gallery rooms located on the first and second floors of the Urasenke Center building at Urasenke Headquarters in Kyoto, the Chado Research Center staff mounts two special exhibitions a year, one in the spring and one in the autumn, as well as other seasonal exhibitions. For the special exhibitions, catalogs are published and leading experts are invited to deliver lectures. As a permanent installation in the second-floor gallery, there is a replica of the Yuin tearoom at Konnichian, the historical Urasenke home. |
| 1st floor gallery | |
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| 2nd floor gallery |
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tea service |
| Exhibition visitors are treated to a traditional Japanese sweet and bowl of usucha tea. (10:00 A.M - 4:00 P.M. ; exhibition admission fee includes this service) |
| Hours | 9:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. (admission until 4:00 P.M.) |
| Days closed | Every Monday except January 9 |
| Fee | Regular, 500 yen. Student and group (20 people or more) discounts. Children (primary school and under), and teachers and students of Chado Research Center membership schools, free.* |
| * Chado Research Center Membership School List: Bukkyo Educational Institution, Doshisha, Hanazono University, Heian Jogakuin St. Agnes, Kyoto Bunkyo Gakuen, Kyoto Gakuen University and affiliated schools, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto Koka, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto University, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto University of Education, Notre Dame, Ritsumeikan |
Simple Hands-on Introductory Lesson in How to Prepare, Serve, and Drink Matcha Tea
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Konnichian Library |
| The Konnichian Library was established in 1969 by the 15th generation Urasenke iemoto, Hounsai SEN Genshitsu (Director, Chado Research Center), for the preservation and research of the chado-related documents collected by the successive Urasenke iemoto through the generations. The book vault currently holds approximately 55,000 books, magazines, and other types of works related to chado history, literature, religion, architecture, gardens, arts and crafts, and cooking. The public may freely make use of the books, reference works, magazines, and DVD and video resources that are available in the reading room. There is no loan service; use of the works is limited to within the library. |
| Hours: | Weekdays 10:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M. ; Saturdays, 10:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. |
| Closed: | Sundays, national holidays, every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month, and through the year-end and New Year's holidays. |
| Fee: | Free (tell the Urasenke Center receptionist that you have come to visit the Konnichian Library) |
| Location: | Urasenke Center, 2nd floor, Horikawa Teranouchi agaru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto |
| Access: Horikawa Teranouchi bus stop on city bus route nos. 9, 12, and 67. The Center building faces the east side of Horikawa street, 1/2 block north of Teranouchi street. No visitors' parking lot. |
Chado Research Center Galleries 1st and 2nd floors, Urasenke Center Horikawa-dori, Teranouchi agaru Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto |
