First time in my life to experience tea cerimony. I could understood how it works, what's behind it. The staff kindly explained us the tools used and the meaning of this ancient tradition. It was special to experience it in the city were the tea cerimony (origially from China) was done for the first time in Japanese history, Kyoto. And definitely tasted a wonderful super super delicious tea, then visiting a very traditional Garden with the kind explanations of the volunteer staff :D
Shōkadō | Review by anna23
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Do you like fishing? Someone in your family is interested in trying? Do you have kids? So that's the right place for you! The staff is very pleasent and the pounds are full of fish, what are you waiting for? :)
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It was absolutely funny and amazing! The staff is super kind and we tried to be real sumo wrestlers, really enjoyed!!
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