“The Japanese tea ceremony, or chanoyu (translated literally as “hot water for tea”), is a cherished ritual involving the preparation and presentation of powdered green tea in a highly stylized manner.
A host and a guest, wearing traditional Japanese kimono specific to the ceremony, will demonstrate how tea has been prepared, served, and enjoyed in Japan since the 12th century.
Tea will be served to participants adhering to current health and safety guidelines.
General admission: $25 per person (includes Gardens admission).
Member admission: $15
Advanced ticket reservation is required. “
This is a limited admission event to guarantee social distancing to our guests.
“Famous fifth generation stone carver and artist, Takaaki Saida, is joining us all the way from Kyoto, Japan. The art of stone grinding tea was first brought over to Japan in the 12th century. Green tea leaves were ground into a fine powder, added to a bowl with hot water and whisked into a frothy cup of matcha. This workshop is your chance to learn in depth about all forms of Japanese stone craftsmanship while touring the Gardens. This tour will include introductions on the hand chiseled stone lanterns often seen in Japanese Gardens as well as hand shaped stone mills used for matcha making.
Master Saida will demonstrate and introduce his hand hewn stone tea mill. Participants will have a chance to try using the stone mill on their own and grinding green tea leaves into extremely fine matcha powder.
Guests will use the resulting fresh matcha to drink a cup of tea as well as eat a traditional Japanese sweet while enjoying the Zen garden views.”
Advanced ticket reservation is required. This is a limited admission event.
General Admission $30 includes lecture, tour, milling lesson, Tea hand ground by Master Saida’s Japanese Stone Mill, tea sweet and Gardens Admission for the day.
Workshop Schedule: – Introduction from Master Saida on the ancient art of stone carving in Japan. – Strolling with a tour to discover and learn about stone lanterns in our Garden and in Japan. – Experience Matcha (green tea) ground by Master Saida’s stone mill with a fresh cup of hand milled matcha and Japanese tea sweets. – Q&A session with Master Saida
COMING: RITES OF SPRING A Butoh Performance by Funhouse movement theater
” The symbolism of spring as a time of new beginnings, spans across time and cultures. It coincides with harvest rituals and ceremonies in which many act as one to support the continuity of life. Funhouse movement theater returns to Yume Gardens on April 7-9, 2022 from 6:15 pm to 8:30 pm to take you on a celebration of harvest, myth, and ritual explored through the unique lens of butoh.
A contemporary, avant-garde performance art, butoh is a seamless blend of dance, theater, improvisation, and traditional Japanese performing arts. Butoh compels both performers and audience to investigate the primal, universal energies that connect us, and invites us to share an embodied experience of the collective unconscious.
Rites of Spring is directed by Lin Lucas and features Ariana Garcia, Sabrina Geoffrion, Karenne Koo, Lin Lucas, Sherry Mulholland, and Keita Tsutsumi. Visitors to this unique performance will encounter dancers dispersed throughout the refined splendor of the garden, each engaged in choreographed and improvisational communion with the sights, sounds, and sensations of the natural environment. Experience the wonder.”
General Admission: $35; Members: $25; Children 3-15: $10. Advanced ticket reservation is required.This is a limited admission event.
Yume sets capacity limits to safeguard visitors and staff and observes Arizona Department of Health Services guidelines for COVID-19 management. Timed admission tickets, purchased online, are required for entry; physical distancing and facial coverings are also required, in all indoor and outdoor spaces.”
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Yume Japanese Gardens and Museum of Tucson (www.yumegardens.org) is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization, located at 2130 N. Alvernon Way. It features eight examples of classical Japanese landscape design, a replica traditional Japanese cottage, a museum of Japanese art and handicrafts, an art gallery, and gift shop. It also holds seasonal Japanese festivals and classes in Japanese popular arts.
“An Interactive Samurai Performance and Movie Night
Join us in an interactive samurai show performed by Burai Productions, a Japanese Entertainment Group based in California, and learn about Japanese cultural traditions while getting first hand experience of basic samurai movements, sword handling, and manner of speaking. You will be challenged in a sword fight performance as only seen in samurai movies. Paper “swords” will be provided for practice.After this 40-minutes extravaganza, you will enjoy the movie “Uzumasa Limelight” (2014) which focuses on an aging background actor that specializes in being killed. The movie is in Japanese with English subtitles.Samurai performance and movie screening will take place outdoors.General Admission: $25, Children 3-15: $10. Advanced ticket reservation is required. This is a limited admission event.For more information, visit yumegardens.org or email Patricia Deridder at yume.gardens@gmail.com.Yume sets capacity limits to safeguard visitors and staff and observes Arizona Department of Health Services guidelines for COVID-19 management. Timed admission tickets, purchased online, are required for entry; physical distancing and facial coverings are also required, in all indoor and outdoor spaces.
In collaboration with the Japan Foundation LA, Yume Japanese Gardens is proud to present an evening of pure entertainment and excitement on Saturday, March 26 from 6pm to 9pm.”
“Yume Japanese Gardens of Tucson will host a very special art and music event, under the glowing light of a full moon, on March 17-19, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm.
‘Music of Dreams” features a shakuhachi, or Japanese bamboo flute, concert in a nightly scenery that glorifies the gardens. The evocative notes of the flute will accompany your moon gazing and leisurely walk along the paths illuminated by lanterns and candlelight.
An exceptional Photo Exhibit by Kate Breakey, from her series “Moon Song”, will be on display during those three nights. The artistry of the photographer, who has skillfully caught different phases of the moon with her camera, will seem to pay due tribute to the real thing shining in all its beauty up in the night sky.”
