Next Spring!

Saturday, April 8th, 2017

Hachise’s first-ever event for English speakers
living in Japan as well as other countries,
KYOTOITE BOND will be held during Japan’s beautiful cherry blossom season.

The program theme is “No Machiya, No Kyoto.”

This event was designed to draw fans of Kyo-machiya and Kyoto from around the world,
creating a venue where the Hachise Global Team
and our customers can interact and share useful information.

It would be our great pleasure if this event leads to
numerous meaningful and productive connections between people.

We also hope that KYOTOITE BOND will be attended by as many people as possible,
helping to create a greater and greater fan base of people who simply love Kyoto.
We look forward to seeing lots of you there.

A drawing will be held from amongst
those reserving a space for this event by January 31st.

The winner will receive a
one-night stay for two guests
at Shinmichi Sakura-an.

Check-in: Saturday, April 8th, 2017
Check-out: Sunday, April 9th, 2017

"Shinmichi Sakura-an" is one of the inn series "Kyo-yadoya" supervised by Hachise.

9:45

Open

See you at Shinmichi Sakura-an!

13:45
10:00

Part 1

Lectures and Discussion

14:00
10:50

Move to Ko-an

14:50
11:00

Part 2

Tea Ceremony Workshop

15:00
12:30

Free Time

Have a wonderful conversation and enhance your KYOTOITE BOND!
(Questionnaire)

16:30
13:00

End

17:00

Lectures and Discussion related to "Kyo-machiya" and "Kyoto"
by the director of Global Team in Hachise

    We would like to share our knowledge based on the following topics.
    If you have any curiosity or concern, please bring them up!

  • Various interesting data related to Kyoto
  • What's Kyo-machiya?
  • What is Hachise's cutomer like? (Nationality, Popular area)
  • Owner's real voice (Daily life in Kyo-mahicya)
  • Advanced knowledge about the local life
    (Features of different areas, Common knowledge among local people)
  • Introduction of our services
  • Explanation of legal, tax issues and necessary expenses
  • Q & A
  • * There's a possibility that the contents may be modified without advance notice.

Authentic Tea Ceremony Workshop by Tyas Huybrechts of Belgium

A special Japanese tea ceremony workshop will be held by Tyas Huybrechts of Belgium,
the youngest instructor of foreign nationality to be certified by the Enshu School of tea ceremony at the time he was given the certification.
Using the highest quality dense matcha powdered green tea—which even most Japanese do not drink regularly—this is truly an authentic tea ceremony experience.

Though there are a large number of tea ceremony rules, each has meaning, including
the idea of exhibiting modesty or consideration for the other party.
This is a wonderful opportunity for participants to learn about the Japanese view of treasuring the material things we enjoy in this world, appreciation to the host, and respect for the others in attendance.
It also represents an interesting challenge to learn the sophisticated manners and customs associated with tea ceremony under the guidance of Tyas Huybrechts of The Tea Crane.

How to Reserve:
  1. Please fill out the Application Form and send it to us.
    * Participation in this event is by advance reservation only.
  2. We will send you an e-mail for the web page of PayPal (Credit Card) payment.
    * Remittance charges are to be paid by the participants.
    * Please note that your reservation will be cancelled automatically if the payment is not made within 2 weeks.
  3. We will send you a "Reservation Confirmation" e-mail and your reservation is completed!
Participation Fee: 4,000 JPY
Cancellation Policy: In case of cancellation within 7 days prior to the event, full amount of paid Participation Fee is non-refundable.
Seating Capacity: 10 people each for the both “Morning Session” and “Afternoon Session”
Place and Time: < Morning Session >
Please come to Shinmichi Sakura-an at 09:45 on Saturday, April 8th, 2017
< Afternoon Session >
Please come to Shinmichi Sakura-an at 13:45 on Saturday, April 8th, 2017

Shinmichi Sakura-an:

Visit the Website of Shinmichi Sakura-an