About Culture– category –

Today, I do not think culture can be protected through human plans or ideas. I also feel uncomfortable with the idea that culture must be preserved for the future. I believe culture has not continued because someone decided to save it. I...

Hi everyone! This is LEON （Leon Ono） from Denei. Lately I keep ending up in places because of water. The spring water we use for our welcome tea, the tea fields of Mandokoro—and now, a 160-year-old sake brewery that a tea merchant told...

Hi everyone! This is LEON (leon Ono) from Denei. At our zazen meditation experience at Jusho-in, a subtemple of Myoshin-ji in Kyoto, the very first thing we offer our guests is a welcome tea—and that tea is Mandokoro-cha. Today, I w...

Hi everyone! This is LEON from Denei. At Denei, we experience traditional culture firsthand and share the things we love. We visit local artisans, producers, and the people keeping these ancient heritages alive.　Today, we're diving into...

Hello, my name is Takuma Nakagawa from Denei. In this note, I would like to leave behind some of my recent thoughts on a question I have been thinking about: what is the meaning of a tea ceremony today? Why I Started Thinking About This ...