Wagashi Dialogues“Wasanbon in tea ceremony” Chaos Roundtable: Wild
We thought wasanbon was just a delicate sugar.Then we realized it holds centuries of stillness, refinement, and restrain...
tea ceremony
Wagashi Dialogues Wagashi Dialogues“What does silence prepare us for?” Chaos Roundtable: Wild
In the tea room, nothing happens quickly.There is space. There is breath. There is silence.And then—there is the sweet.W...
Wagashi Dialogues“Are sweets the soul of the tea room?” Chaos Roundtable: Wild
We asked, “What’s the most important part of the tea ceremony?”Someone said “the host.” Someone said “the timing.”And th...
Wagashi Dialogues“A hundred cuts, one breath” Wagashi Dialogues
Before tea stirs the mind, the whisk stirs the bowl.But what stirs the whisk into being?This is a story of hands, bamboo...
Wagashi Dialogues“A swirl that holds centuries” Wagashi Dialogues
The tea whisk doesn’t just stir matcha.It stirs air, attention, and generations of hands.In the quiet room of tea, even ...
Wagashi Dialogues“Can a whisk hold a hundred years?” Chaos Roundtable: Wild
Someone asked, “Why does the tea whisk look so simple?”We laughed. Then we talked about bamboo, generations, and sweets ...
Wagashi Dialogues“Can you master tea without making tea?” Chaos Roundtable: Wild
Someone asked, “Is tea ceremony just making tea in a fancy way?”We started listing tools, movements, timing, charcoal, s...
Wagashi Dialogues“How does a root turn into silk?” Wagashi Dialogues
Kuzumochi is not born in the kitchen.It begins in the mountains, in tangled vines and stubborn roots.We tried to follow ...
Wagashi Dialogues“What does kuzu root remember?” Wagashi Dialogues
Kuzumochi is not just a jelly.It’s medicine turned dessert, a mountain’s gift refined over months.We tried to tell its s...
Wagashi DialoguesIs tea ceremony really about tea? Chaos Roundtable: Wild
We told someone about the tea ceremony.They said, “So it’s a tea party?”We tried to explain.A few minutes later, we were...