Dear Tea Practitioner;
Well it is once again time for our annual tea gathering so we would like to invite you and your students to attend. We appreciate your support and hope we can work together to make this an enjoyable occasion for all concerned. We should also all be grateful to the administration of Hakone Gardens for continuing to make this possible. Also your participation helps ensure the future of tea events at Hakone. This year the fee will be $60 for the usual format of three tea ceremonies and a small lunch. You may request additional tickets at no charge if you have pre registered and there is room. As always there are limitations on participation due to the capacity of the various sites. Please send in your applications as soon as possible. As much as possible we would like to let you choose so what follows are the various sites. Keep in mind that there are limits and attendance must be on a "first come first serve" basis. Therefore we can not guarantee your choices but we will do our best. Groups of more than two are often not possible. However we do suggest attending with a friend. Location Tea School Tea Type Seating Capacity Azumaya Mushanokojisenke Usucha/ chairs 8 CEC Urasenke Foundation Usucha/tatami 14 Shogetsuan Omotesenke Koicha/tatami 5 Upper House Omotesenke Usucha/tatami& chairs 20/5 Wisteria Pavilion Dainipponchadogakkai Usucha/chairs 10 Lower House Roji Edosenke Koicha/tatami 5 Lower House Hiroma Urasenke Koicha/tatami 12 Lower House Urasenke Usucha/chairs 10
Please let us know if you require a vegetarian lunch. Phone numbers and Email addresses are necessary to provide us with a means of contacting applicants. All contact information will be kept confidential and not distributed to others. We hope that this event will be a welcome break from the everyday world. We look forward to seeing you in October. Please mail the attached application form and send it along with a check made out to: Hakone Chakai c/o John Larissou, 2651-25th Ave, San Francisco CA 94116-2904. The registration deadline is Oct 17, 2014. Tickets will be distributed during the registration period. If you submit an Email address I can acknowledge receipt of your application. Location: Hakone Gardens 21000 Big Basin Way, Saratoga. California (just outside of the town of Saratoga off of Highway 9) Schedule:Sunday, October 26, 2014 11:00-11.45 A.M. Registration 12:00-5:00 P.M. Chaseki For further information please contact: John Larissou at (415) 731-0622, e-mail larissou@gmail.com
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Hakone Chakai Registration Form
Name of Participant: ____________________________________
Telephone Number:__________________ Email Address: ______________________________ [For Chakai use only]
Name of Tea school you practice: ___________________________
Tea preferences* 1st_________________2nd__________________3rd_____________________
Special Request*: ____________________________________________________ Fee: $60
*Please let us know if you wish to have a vegetarian bento, have difficulty sitting and would prefer chair seating only, preferences for schools of tea you would like to attend or other seating preferences. We will attempt to accommodate all requests but, with the exception of the vegetarian bento, cannot make guarantees. Please send this form along with your check for $60, per person attending, made payable to the Hakone Foundation to: Hakone Daichakai c/o John Larissou, 2651-25th AVE, San Francisco, CA 94116-2904 no later than OCT. 17, 2014.
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