Chado Research Center Galleries
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
2nd floor gallery
Tea Service
Enjoy a traditional confection and bowl of matcha tea during your exhibition visit!
We welcome you to take some time during your visit to the Chado Research Center as an exhibition visitor, and be served a traditional Japanese confection and bowl of matcha tea ryurei-style, seated on chairs and not on the floor with shoes removed, in our tea-service room with its lovely view of the garden outside the room.
| Availability | Go to the exhibitions page for calendar of availability. |
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| Seatings | 10:00, 11:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00. The length of time for the tea service is 30 min. Exhibition viewing is to be done after coming at the reserved time for the tea service. |
| Participants | Maximum, 16 per seating. |
| Content | Ryurei (chairs and tables) style tea service, with tea-preparation conducted as you watch. The traditional confections and articles being used change as befitting the season. |
| Fee | Regular: ¥1,000. |
| Note | The tea service is only for exhibition visitors. Reservations are not accepted only for the tea service. |
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 | Tuesday – Friday 10:00 A.M.-4:30 P.M. (doors close at 4:00 P.M.) |
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| Closed | Mondays, Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, August 13 – 16, and through the year-end and New Year’s holidays (December 27 – January 6). *The galleries may be closed on other dates without notice in the case of severe weather. |
| Fee | Free (tell the Urasenke Center receptionist that you have come to visit the Konnichian Library) |
| Location | Urasenke Center, 2nd floor, 682 Teranouchi Tate-cho, 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
682 Teranouchi Tate-cho
Horikawa-dori, Teranouchi agaru
Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto
