2025 ANNUAL EVENTS

CHANOYU CLASSES all levels, February to mid-December, except August and holiday weekends Wednesdays 5:30PM-8:00PM; Fridays 12:00PM-3:00PM; Saturdays 10:00AM-4:00PM, and Sundays, 10:00AM-4:00PM

Shichijikishi (ensemble tea procedures) 2nd Sunday, 2:00PM-4:00PM

Okuden (advanced tea procedures) 4th Sunday, 2:00PM-4:00PM

KIMONO WORKSHOP (dressing, wearing, preserving, with matcha whisking, and learning to formally receive tea and sweets); 4-two and a half hour classes, for up to four participants

Fridays after 4:00PM, offered quarterly

MATCHA WORKSHOP (tasting, preparing, storing) 2nd Saturday, 2:00-3:00PM

PRIVATE TEA CEREMONIES Friday evenings by reservation February-December, except August

OTHER ACTIVITIES

TEAROOM TOURS, Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00-2:00PM, (Feb to mid-Dec, except Aug and holiday weekends), free with a complimentary bowl of tea courtesy of King County 4Culture

CHABANA WORKSHOP

September, 2025

EWCC SEASONAL TEA GATHERINGS

Members’ New Year Interactive Tea Performance (Hatsugama no shiki), Sunday, January 19, 10:30AM and 2:00PM; with a Luncheon from 12:30-1:30PM.

Members’ Spring Interactive Tea Performance (Shoburo no shiki), Saturday, May 3, 10:30AM, 12:30PM and 2:30PM.

Members’ Fall Interactive Tea Performance (Robiraki no shiki), Sunday, November 2, 10:30AM and 2:00PM

COMMUNITY CHANOYU PRESENTATIONS

JCCCW Japanese Language School at EWCC, March 1, Girls’ Day 10:00AM-3:00PM

JCCCW Childrens’ Day Performances at EWCC, Sunday, May 4, seatings at 11:30AM, 12:30PM, 1:30PM, 2:30PM, and 3:30PM

SEATTLE SAKURA-CON 2025 at the Seattle Convention Center— one performance each day April 18, 19, 20

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM downtown 2nd Saturday, 3:00-4:00PM, March-November, except August 

We sincerely appreciate the generous support of King County 4Culture ‘Building for Equity’ funding for the tearoom construction and ‘Arts Sustained’ support for EWCC programs throughout the year.