Original page — Compass & Cloth, Vol. IX · Issue 03 — The Rooms We Return To
Compass & ClothJourneys
A Tea Room in Kyoto
Four generations, three families, one small door.
By Aiko Tanaka
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Journeys
A Tea Room in Kyoto
Four generations, three families, one small door.
By Aiko Tanaka 10 min readPage 8
The door to the tea room is 137 centimetres high. This is not an accident. You bow to enter, and the bow is the point.
"You are not supposed to talk about the tea until you have finished it."
— Nishijin tea master, name withheld
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