梅雨の雨の中、外国につながるママと日本人ママ、ＩＭＣＹスタッフ合計１４人のママたちが参加しました。最初の30分は講義形式で基礎を学び、そのあと５人ずつに分かれて茶室へ入り御抹茶と和菓子を頂きました。その間、待っているママたちは子どもたちを遊ばせながら交流しました。終了後のアンケートでは7人中6人のママが他のママと繋がることができた、そのきっかけになったと回答して下さり大変うれしかったです。
講師の先生は、西区の助成金をいただいている関係から西区の街の先生にお願いしました。先生は表千家で、英語と日本語の両方で進行して下さいました。先生の御抹茶はもちろんとても美味しかったですし、選んでくださったお菓子もとても素敵でした。
今回は、地元の和菓子店が横浜開港祭のために作ったという、「開港祭（終わった今は、『みなとまつり』に変更）」と色とりどりの金平糖を頂きました。当日お茶室や水屋のの電源が落ちるハプニングがありながらも、ママ達は穏やかな時間を過ごさせて頂きました。先生が準備を大変細やかにして下さり、まさにこれが茶道の「おもてなし」だと感じました。
すばらしい日本文化に触れるとても良い機会となり、また参加者の皆さんとその子供たちと一緒に楽しいワークショップでした。そして今回は秋田から学生のボランティアさんもお手伝い頂きました。この経験が彼女の今後に何かしら活かされることを祈っています。
参加して下さった皆さん、ボランティアスタッフの皆さん、そして先生とそのご家族の皆様に深く感謝致します。
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IMCY held Tea Ceremony Workshop & Gathering #1 on June 12th,2014.
In spite of the rain, there were 14 mothers from several countries including local mothers and IMCY staff.We had a lecture for the first 30 minutes to learn the basics, and had matcha green tea and Wagashi(Japanese confection) in the tea ceremony room 5 people at a time.In the meantime, other mothers and IMCY staff looked after the children and enjoyed talking with each other.According to the answers of the questinnaire, 6 out of 7 mothers said they got to know some new friends in this workshop.We were so happy to know that!
We found the instructor among the ones who registered as "teachers in the Nishi-ward community", since this workshop was supported by Nishi-ward subsidy.She is from Omote-Senke school, and instructed in both English and Japanese. Her matcha green tea was so delicious and the Japanese confection she chose was also wonderful. For this time, We had the Japanese confection which was produced by the local confection shop, named "Minato Festival (originally produced for Open-Port anniversary of Yokohama the other day) and colorful Kompeito (sugar confetti).Even though there was a temporary power-down trouble in the tea ceremony room and the washing room, mothers enjoyed the tea ceremony and had clam and relaxed time.The instructor prepared a lot for our workshop and it was exactly the "hospitality" of the way of tea.
It became a very good opportunity to experience beautiful Japanese culture and we enjoyed a lot with the participants and their children!It was also nice to have a student volunteer from Akita prefecture. We hope she learned something for her study.
We would like to show our deep gratitude to the participants, volunteer staff, the instructor and her family.
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