This is a tea garden (Roji) that belongs to Urasenke, one of the Sansenke tea schools. The garden was made along with a tea room built by the third generation Sen Sotan for his retirement residence. In order to reach the tea room, visitors go through Kabuto-mon and the main entrance. They walk by the waiting bench, through the Chumon (middle gate), and into the tea garden. The Chumon functions as a boundary that distinguishes the outer tea garden without particular scenery, and the inner tea garden that creates subtle and profound beauty.
cultural property : historic sites and places of scenic beauty as natural monuments
type : places of scenic beauty
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Kon’nichi-an is a tea room at the center of Urasenke along with Yuin (also a tea room). Kon’nichi-an started as a tea room of two jo (two tatami mats), built in the retirement residence of Sen Sotan.
In order to reach the tea room, visitors go through tea gardens, which include Kabuto-mon, the main entrance, the waiting bench, and the Chumon (middle gate).
Although the middle gate is extremely simple, it carries significance as a boundary according to the configuration of tea gardens, by distinguishing the outer tea garden and its plain scenery from the inner tea garden and its delicate beauty.
The outer tea garden is devoid of any accessories and is made up of the color of conifers under changing light contrasts created by sunlight filtering through trees.
Guests go through the inner garden before they are invited into the tea room. Entering guests wash their hands in the Yohobutsu-no-tsukubai (wash basin with curved Buddha on all sides), with moss growing on it, obscuring the round outlines of the Buddhas and adding to the delicate beauty of the inner garden.