30th Anniversary of the Urasenke-UH Summer Seminar
and
Chanoyu Symposium 2002

From left: Prof. Yukihiro Kurasawa, Kobe University; Prof. Junichi Takeuchi, Tokyo National University of Fine Art and Music; Prof.Jeon Yull Park, Chung-Ang University; Prof. William LaFleur, University of Pennsylvania; Prof. Janet Ikeda, Washington and Lee University; Prof. Yozaburo Shirahata, International Research Center for Japanese Studies; Prof. Thomas Rimer, University of Pittsburgh; Prof. Paul Varley, University of Hawaii (Sen Soshitsu XV Chair in Japanese Cultural History); Dr. Soshitsu Sen XV, Urasenke Foundation.

The Center for Japanese Studies this summer co-hosted the 30th Anniversary of the Urasenke-UH Summer Seminar and hosted the Chanoyu Symposium 2002 entitled "Tea in Japanese Culture." Held at the University of Hawai'i from July 18-21, the event drew nearly two hundred local and international participants. The conference offered daily lectures by Dr Soshitsu Sen XV, the Grand Tea Master of the Urasenke Tradition, as well as presentations by distinguished scholars from Japan, China, Korea and the United States. Additional festivities included a reception at College Hill hosted by UH President and Mrs Evan Dobelle, a Big Island visit with members of the Urasenke Foundation in Hilo, and a Yushinkai Summer Tea Gathering held at the Bishop Museum.

Coinciding with the Symposium and Seminar events was the establishment of The Dr Sen Soshitsu International Way of Tea Center. Located in Moore Hall 222, the beautifully appointed Center was officially opened in a small ceremony on July 18 with a blessing by Kumu Hula John Lake. The Center warmly encourages faculty and students to visit the Tea Center during the semester. (For more on this story, go here.)

For those interested in studying the Japanese tea tradition, Tea Master Yoshibumi Ogawa of Urasenke will be offering Chado: The Way of Tea Practicum during the fall 2002 semester. The course, to take place on Wednesdays from 1:30 to 4 pm, will be held at the Jaku'an Tea Hut in the East-West Center garden. For additional information please contact the Center for Japanese Studies at 956-2665 or the Urasenke Foundation of Hawai'i at 923-3059.

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