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EldritchKnight
30th May 2005, 19:58
I hate to devote a whole thread to such a simple question, but all my other leads have gone dry. Does anyone here know of any organizations in the US that teach or promote sadou (tea ceremony)? I'm looking specifically for those practicing in Atlanta, GA, but it'd be great to know about other areas of the country too. Thanks!

tsunamiflood
30th May 2005, 23:07
i have no knowledge of georgia, but google showed a couple things that may help you in your search:

2 places that mention tea ceremony in atlanta: http://www.japanatlanta.org/TeaCeremony.htm

japan america society of georgia (you might be curious about this even if they have nothing to do with tea): http://www.us-japan.org/jasg/

japanfest 2005 sept 24 & 25 at stone mountain park (this looks exciting - but i won't be attending as i am in california)
http://www.japanfest.org/index.new.php

hope this helps,
~Tony Johnson

p.s. i may be mistaken, but i believe you may mean chado or cha no yu...

John Seavitt
31st May 2005, 01:29
There's quite a few schools of tea in Japan; most of them essentially date back to the same founder and reflect regional or personal branches off the early lines. Outside of Japan it is harder to locate legitimate instruction (not unlike in martial traditions). The Urasenke school of tea is one of the larger in Japan and also has an extensive teaching program abroad, largely since the immediate past headmaster was keen to see chanoyu both demonstrated more widely as well as taught abroad. Most instruction in the US is thus Urasenke, though the Omotesenke school also has a fair number of instructors around as well. The earlier post had links to Urasenke Atlanta, so you shouldn't have any trouble finding a teaching group. Depending on your interests, there's a guy listed there (in Florida) who could likely point you towards any Omotesenke folks in your area.

Best,
John

Tripitaka of AA
31st May 2005, 10:35
AFAIK Chado = Chadou = Sado = Sadou

Alternative pronunciations and/or romanisations for the same Art. The Zen ritual preparation of Tea.

As I undertsand it, "Sado" is the word used in Tokyo (where my wife comes from). I suspect that Westerners have a preference for using "Chado" as it is less likely to cause embarassing associations with certain violent/sexual pastimes that are identified as "Sado-" ;)...

Brian Owens
3rd June 2005, 06:46
...Does anyone here know of any organizations in the US that teach or promote sadou (tea ceremony)? I'm looking specifically for those practicing in Atlanta, GA, but it'd be great to know about other areas of the country too. Thanks!
I don't know of a formal group in Atlanta, but the Uransenke tradition has schools in New York; Washington, DC; Honolulu; San Francisco; and Seattle (maybe more that I'm not aware of).

Here is a link to the Seattle Branch's Web site. It has a lot of useful information.

Urasenke Seattle (http://urasenkeseattle.org/)

One possibility in Atlanta, in addition to the links Tony gave above, would be to check at a community college or university Japanese language or Japanese history/culture class. The teacher may know of of a private group you could check with.

In fact, now that I think about it, Professor Goldsbury -- a member here -- would almost certainly know if anyone is holding regular okeiko in your area. A PM to him would probably be the most sure way to get his reply.

HTH.

EldritchKnight
14th June 2005, 04:48
Thanks for the help everyone; you've had some great replies.

Brian Owens
15th June 2005, 07:21
...In fact, now that I think about it, Professor Goldsbury -- a member here -- would almost certainly know if anyone is holding regular okeiko in your area. A PM to him would probably be the most sure way to get his reply.
I'm sorry, I meant Professor Karl Friday, who teaches in Georgia, not Professor Goldsbury who is in Japan (although he may know too).