Kyoto Kimono & Matcha Tea Ceremony at Nishiki Orizuruya

Experience an authentic tea ceremony
in a kimono at Nishiki Orizuruya

At Nishiki Orizuruya in the heart of Kyoto, you learn the Japanese tea ceremony while dressed in a kimono. The kimono tea ceremony takes about 1 hour 30 minutes, and the kimono tea ceremony with Japanese calligraphy takes about 2 hours. The experience is in English with a maximum of 10 participants.

Choose from over 200 kimono

Pick your favorite kimono from more than 200 designs, and friendly staff will help you put it on. Female participants receive a simple hairstyling to complete the traditional look.

Make your own matcha in the tea room

Once dressed, enter a tranquil tea room and learn the steps of the tea ceremony from an experienced instructor. After learning to whisk matcha with a traditional bamboo whisk (chasen), you prepare a bowl of matcha yourself.

Enjoy matcha with Japanese sweets

Savor the matcha you made together with Japanese sweets (wagashi) from a confectionery with 100 years of history. If you choose the calligraphy option, you also try Japanese calligraphy.

※ The Japanese calligraphy set is included only with the Japanese calligraphy option.