EAST-WEST CHANOYU CENTER
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Mission Statement
The East-West Chanoyu Center (EWCC) was established to promote understanding and appreciation of Japanese art and culture especially as it is embodied in Japan’s interactional, pan-sensory Culture of Tea, known in the West as “the tea ceremony.” Since the sixteenth century, Chanoyu has been one of the strongest and most pervasive cultural influences in Japan. Through the medium of offering and receiving a bowl of tea, Chanoyu provides a model for mindful living in a turbulent world.
About This Cause
Be part of East-West Chanoyu Center. Whether you join as a member or give to EWCC you are the reason we are able to bring the best Chanoyu programs and events to our vibrant city and community. Your support advances knowledge and appreciation of Japanese art and culture and enriches our community through diverse cultural offerings. Initially when the custom of drinking matcha, powdered green tea, was introduced to Japan from China in the 12th century, people simply enjoyed its medicinal value. But over time the connoisseurship of art, the creation of procedures for preparing tea, and the development of a separate tea space served to form the basis of the art of chanoyu. Ideas that shaped chanoyu, especially the monastic life of the Zen Buddhist temple and the aesthetic of wabi that favored quiet refinement and simplicity, defined the behavior of tea participants and gave rise to the physical form of chanoyu. This style of tea came to be known as wabi-cha. Today chanoyu is regarded as a traditional culture, but in the 16th century it was quite novel and even revolutionary. New forms of architecture, gardens, ceramics, textiles, and other crafts were specially created for chanoyu, attesting to the originality of early tea masters. Chanoyu has been transmitted since the 17th century by the descendants of early tea masters and their disciples, but within these family traditions new utensils, tea procedures, and ways of thinking about chanoyu have evolved to the present day. We invite you to take part in a cultural journey that arose in East Asia more than eight hundred years ago and is now enjoyed in countries throughout the world.