[Event and tea ceremony reservation] "Tokyo Grand Tea Party 2025" | Hamarikyu Imperial Garden (October 4 and 5), Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum (October 18 and 19)

"Tokyo Grand Tea Party 2025," a large-scale tea ceremony known as the "autumn tradition of Tokyo," will be held at 2 locations in Tokyo. Different schools gather together, and you can enjoy various tea ceremonies that transcend schools in a tasteful venue.

This year's event, the 16th in total, will be held for a total of four days: Saturday, October 4, 2025 and 5 (Sun.) at Hamarikyu Gardens (Chuo Ward, Tokyo), known as a representative daimyo garden of the Edo period, and Saturday, October 18 and 19 (Sun.) at Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum (Koganei City, Tokyo), a metropolitan open-air museum exhibiting historical buildings that still exist in Tokyo.

The Tokyo Grand Tea Ceremony is a tea ceremony event that is open not only to those who have experienced the tea ceremony, but also to young people, children, and foreigners who are not familiar with the tea ceremony, in order to disseminate Japanese traditional culture and performing arts both domestically and abroad, and to pass on and spread them to the next generation.
In the spirit of hospitality, "chaseki" (tea ceremony), where you can enjoy tea in an authentic manner indoors with tokonoma (alcove) and rooms, and "nodate" (casual tea ceremony), where you can enjoy tea outdoors while sitting on a chair.

In addition to the Tea Ceremony and Nodate, Hamarikyu Gardens will host a number of tea ceremony programs where students can enjoy the culture of tea, including the English Nodate where the culture of tea ceremony and the spirit of hospitality are explained in English (with serial interpretation) and the High School Nodate where students from the tea ceremony club of a high school in Tokyo will serve tea outdoors.
At Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum, there will be a "Tea Ceremony in English" where the history of the tea ceremony and manners will be explained with English translation, and a "Tea Ceremony with Children" where junior high school students and younger and their parents can enjoy tea while learning the manners of the tea ceremony and the spirit of hospitality.

両会場とも、昨年度に続き、誰もが茶道を楽しめる環境を整備するため、アクセシビリティの向上に取り組み、「茶席」と「野点」の一部を《手話通訳付き》で実施します。今年度は手話通訳付きの席には一部優先席を設けます。優先席のご利用方法等の詳細は公式ウェブサイトをご確認ください。

Overview

Hamarikyu Gardens

Date

Saturday, October 4, 2025 and 5 (Sun)

Time

10:00~16:20 (Same-day tickets for the tea ceremony program and the traditional culture experience program are available from 9:00~15:30)

Venue Location

Hamarikyu Garden 1-1, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (The park is open from 9:00~17:00 and last admission is until 16:30.)

admission fee

300 yen for adults, 150 yen for 65 years old and older, free for elementary school students and younger and junior high school students living in Tokyo, and free for those with a disability certificate and 1 person accompanying them.

Sponsor

Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan History and Culture Foundation)

co-sponsorship

Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association

sponsorship

Chuo-ku

special cooperation

Tokyo Flower Tea Ceremony Federation, Tea Ceremony Division of Tokyo High School Culture Federation

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[Tea ceremony program]

• Tea Ceremony Nakajima no Ochaya, Hobai-tei * Advance reservation
• Nodate Uchibori Hiroba
• Enjoying Nodate in English Hanakien Azumaya
• High School Students Nodate Hanakien

Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

Date

Saturday, October 18, 2025 and 19th (Sun)

Time

10:30~15:55 (Same-day tickets for the tea ceremony program are available from 9:30~15:10)

Venue Location

Tokyo, Koganei City, Sakura-cho 3-7-1 Metropolitan Koganei Park (The park is open from 9:30~16:30 and admission is until 16:00.)

admission fee

Free during "Tokyo Grand Tea Party 2025" (October 18 and 19th)

Sponsor

Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan History and Culture Foundation)

sponsorship

Koganei City, Koganei City Commerce and Industry Association

special cooperation

Tokyo Sado Kai (Tokyo Tea Ceremony Association), Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum (Tokyo Historical and Cultural Foundation)

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[Tea ceremony program]

• Tea Ceremony Korekiyo TAKAHASHI residence, Mantoku Ryokan, Yoshinoya, Nishikawa Bettei * Advance reservation
• Tea Ceremony with Children Tenmei-ke
• English Tea Ceremony Tsunashima House
• Nodate Date Family Gate

How to apply for tea ceremony in advance

両会場の「茶席」の参加にあたっては、事前申込が必要です。 「茶席」の参加希望者は、「公式ウェブサイト」または「往復はがき」のどちらかの方法でご応募ください。 締め切り後、応募者多数の場合は、抽選で当選者を決定します。応募は1人あたり1会場につき1回限りです。
※「茶席」以外の茶道プログラムは、会場内で「当日券」を販売します。

participation fee

The entry fee for the tea ceremony is 800 yen (Including tax, tea and sweets).
※ With "Kaishi" and "Kuromoji for cutting sweets"
※ Winners should bring "winning mail" or "winning notice" to the venue and show it at the tea ceremony ticket sales office tent on the day of the event to pay the participation fee.

How to apply

In the case of official websites

公式ウェブサイトの「応募フォーム」からご応募ください。
応募フォームでは、希望する会場、希望する茶席の場所、第1および第2希望の日時（日付と開始時間：Ⓐ12時台まで、またはⒷ13時台以降）、参加人数（2人まで）が選べます。
※手話通訳付きのプログラムは、茶席の場所に指定があります。詳しくは応募フォームをご確認ください。

For a return postcard

Fill in the following items (1) - (9) on the "Postcard for Outreach" and mail it to the Tokyo Grand Tea Party Secretariat.

① Preferred venue
(2) Preferred tea ceremony location
(3) First preferred date and time (Date and start time: (A) before 12:00 or (B) after 13:00)
(4) Second preferred date and time (Date and start time: (A) before 12:00 or (B) after 13:00)
(5) Number of participants (up to 2)
(6) Name of representative (furigana)
(7) Zip code
(8) Address
(9) Phone number

*Please mail the "return postcard" blank.
※ If you want to become a sign language interpreter, please apply from the official website.

< Applicant >
Japan Post Co., Ltd. Shin-Tokyo Post Office P.O. Box 79 Tokyo Grand Tea Party Secretariat 137-8691

Application period

From 14:00 on Wednesday, August 20, 2025 to Monday, September 8
The official website closes at 23:59 on Monday, September 8. The return postcards will arrive until Monday, September 8.

*If one person applies by both the official website and the return postcard, both will be invalid.
* If there are many applicants, the winners will be decided by lot.
* If the number of applicants (including priority seats) is less than the fixed number or there are cancellations on the day, "Day Tickets" will be sold at the venue on the day.
* Personal information obtained upon application will be used only for communication and management related to this project.
※ Allergic substances of sweets provided in this event will be posted on the official website.

Contact Us

Tokyo Grand Tea Party Office
TEL: 03-6426-0558 (Weekdays 10:00~17:00)
E-MAIL:tgtc2025*murayama.co.jp (replace * with @)