Japanese Tea Ceremony Presentation

Join Chicago native Joyce Kubose for a Japanese tea ceremony demonstration in the Urasenke style.

Joyce Sosho Kubose is an instructor of chanoyu, the Art of the Japanese Way of Tea. She began her studies with the Urasenke Tradition of Tea about 40 years ago and has been teaching for more than 20 years. She holds the professorship level teaching certificate (Kyoju). As part of her training she studied at the headquarters of the Urasenke Tradition of Tea in Kyoto, Japan, for three years as a member of the Midorikai progam, the non-Japanese student division of the Urasenke Gakuen Professional College of Chado, and graduated with honors. She continued her studies at the Urasenke headquarters for another year as a member of Ichiukai, the Urasenke graduate division.