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
Sunday, September 28, 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), Saturday, November 1, 10:30AM and 2:00PM
COMMUNITY CHANOYU PRESENTATIONS
JCCCW Japanese Language School at EWCC, March 1, Girls’ Day 10:00AM-3:00PM
JCCCW Children’s Day Performances at EWCC, Sunday, May 4, seatings at 11:30AM, 12:30PM, 1:30PM, 2:30PM, and 3:30PM
JCCCW Culture Day Performances at EWCC, Sunday, November 2, 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, February-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.