{"id":1187,"date":"2024-11-07T15:17:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T06:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omotesenke-hawaii.com\/about-the-hawaii-branch\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T10:48:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T01:48:47","slug":"about-the-hawaii-branch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/omotesenke-hawaii.com\/en\/about-the-hawaii-branch\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Hawai’i Branch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Goals and Activities<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n
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Goals of Activities<\/h3>\n\n

At the Omotesenke Fushin\u2019an in Kyoto, the spirit and beauty of the Way of Tea have been handed down for over 400 years since its founder, Sen no Riky\u016b.The Omotesenke Domonkai is an association for practitioners connected to Fushin\u2019an, dedicated to studying and practicing the tea ceremony passed down through this family. Guided by the spirit of the Way of Tea, the association works to preserve, promote, and share traditional culture, as well as foster international exchange.The main activities of the Hawai\u2018i Branch include hosting various workshops at the Japanese Cultural Center (instructor workshops, certified practitioner workshops, general workshops, and branch general meetings), holding branch memorial services for Sen no Riky\u016b (Riky\u016b-ki) and Sen no S\u014dtan (Ten\u2019nen-ki), conducting the annual Hatsugama (first tea gathering of the year), cooperating in tea offerings at public institutions, and presenting tea ceremony demonstrations.<\/p>\n\n

Main Annual Events<\/h2>\n\n
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February<\/h3>\n\n
\"Branch<\/figure>\n\n

Branch Hatsugama<\/p>\n\n

March<\/h3>\n\n
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\"Branch<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Branch Riky\u016b Memorial Service<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"PBA<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

PBA Tea Room Opening<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Consulate<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Consulate General of JapanMilitary Family Night<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

June<\/h3>\n\n
\"Cooperation<\/figure>\n\n

Cooperation in Tea Offering for Gan-nen-sha Event, Prince Hotel<\/p>\n\n

July<\/h3>\n\n
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\"Hawai'i<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hawai’i Branch Instructor WorkshopLions Club Tea Offering<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Hawai'i<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hawai’i Branch Certified Workshop<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Hawai'i<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hawai\u2018i Branch General WorkshopHawai\u2018i Branch General Meeting<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

September<\/h3>\n\n
\"Branch<\/figure>\n\n

Branch Ten’nen Memorial Service<\/p>\n\n

October<\/h3>\n\n
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\"Pacific<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Pacific Buddhist Academy Fundraise<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Moon<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Moon Viewing Ceremony<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

Cooperation with Schools<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n
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\"Signing<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Signing Ceremony of the “Cooperation Agreement” by PBA, Headquarters, and Branch(From left: Former Branch Manager Toyama, PBA Principal Morse, Iemoto Professor Kimura)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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By Jimyosai Soke<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

In April 2019, the Hawai\u2018i Branch and PBA (Pacific Buddhist Academy) signed a long-term cooperation agreement to deepen cultural exchange through the Way of Tea.PBA introduced the first regular tea ceremony class in 2019 through the collaboration of a school, the headquarters, and a branch outside of Japan.The PBA teahouse Seifu-an, donated by Omotesenke, now serves as one of the key centers for promoting Omotesenke tea ceremony, a traditional Japanese art, through tea classes and tea gatherings held on campus.<\/p>\n\n

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\"March<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

March 2018: Scene from the PBA Tea Room Opening<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Branch History<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Goals and Activities Goals of Activities At the Omotesenke Fushin\u2019an in Kyoto, the spirit and beauty of the Way of Tea have been handed down for over 400 years since its founder, Sen no Riky\u016b.The Omotesenke Domonkai is an association for practitioners connected to Fushin\u2019an, dedicated to studying and practicing the tea ceremony passed down […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1146,"parent":0,"menu_order":1300,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1187","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omotesenke-hawaii.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omotesenke-hawaii.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omotesenke-hawaii.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omotesenke-hawaii.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omotesenke-hawaii.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1187"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/omotesenke-hawaii.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1346,"href":"https:\/\/omotesenke-hawaii.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1187\/revisions\/1346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omotesenke-hawaii.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omotesenke-hawaii.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}