VISIT KANAZAWA, JAPAN - Official Travel Guide

Kanazawa is a city where the tea ceremony culture has been alive since the feudal era. In order to learn the beautiful gestures and the spirit of omotenashi, Japanese hospitality, many Kanazawa geiko (geisha) practice the way of tea ceremony. At this event, you will enjoy two omotenashi cultures of Kanazawa, the tea ceremony and the geiko. After enjoying the tea ceremony, you will enjoy elegant dances and music performances by geiko and interact with them. Why don't you take this opportunity to experience the deep culture of Kanazawa?
English guide is included during the whole event. 

Tea Ceremony Experience

After learning the spirit of hospitality contained in the hanging scrolls and flowers from a tea master, you will see master's tea making and taste sweets and matcha tea.

Kanazawa Geiko Experience

In Kanazawa, there are three chaya districts, Higashi, Nishi and Kazue-machi, which have been around since the Edo period, and about 35 geiko have inherited the traditional art and hospitality of chaya culture. Enjoy the graceful dances and the music by Kanazawa geiko who devote themselves to it every day, play a Ozashiki party game and experiance taiko drumming. You can also have time to ask questions to geiko and taking a commemorative photo with them.

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Omotenashi | Asangawa Enyukaikan 

～Time schedule～

13:00　Check in with Asanogawa Enyukai Hall

Museum Tour (10 min.) 

Tea Ceremony (35 min.)

Geiko's Dance and Music Performance, a taiko drumming and a party game experiance with geiko, Question & Answer session (45 min.) 

Time to take photos with geiko

14:30　Approximate End Time

Note:
1) The geiko show is performed by 2 Geiko. Jikata who sings and plays shamisen at the back, and Tachikata who dances at the front.  
2) Children aged 6 under cannot participate in the event.
3) Please wear socks when you join the event.