Fee:

General: $50 / Member: $45

Members can automatically receive a $5 discount by logging into their member account.

Every Tuesday from October 2024 - May 2025

9:30 am - 11:00 am

11:00 am -12:30 pm

Guests can join us on Tuesdays (starting October) for an exclusive docent-led tea tour where they can learn the basics of Chanoyu and Japanese casual tea. This tour will include tea tasting and education within our tea house and a roji garden tour.

Our Chanoyu program for the upcoming FY24-25 season has garnered significant interest, resulting in a lengthy waiting list. We will prioritize contacting our current subscribers on this list. If you wish to be considered for the Chanoyu program, we invite you to email eriko.s@jfgphx.org to join the waiting list.

Fee:

General: $110 / Member: $100

Members can automatically receive a $10 discount by logging into their member account.

Schedule:

2024 October 12th / November 16th / December 21st
2025 January 18th / February 15th / March 15th / April 19th / May 17th

Tanko Kai tea group of the Urasenke school has been practicing the Way of Tea in our tea house for the past 28 years. Once a month the public is welcomed into this special world to experience the Way of Tea firsthand. Take this rare opportunity to partake in this breathtaking art form during one of our tea seatings and come away with a new awareness of beauty.

Public tea is held on only one Saturday of each month, October through May, and divided into 4 public seatings with 8 seats available at each seating.

The experience includes a tour of the tea garden first where guests will prepare for the tea together. Once inside the tea house guests are guided through a traditional tea ceremony presented by Tanko Kai, in the Urasenke style. Guests will be served matcha (green tea) and a traditional Japanese sweet during the course of the experience as well as learn the proper hand motions and way to drink tea at a gathering. Time to ask questions and further appreciate the experience will be provided before you are encouraged to freely enjoy the rest of our 3.5 acre authentic Japanese Garden.

More information on Chanoyu and details about Chanoyu, click here.

8:40 am / 9:40 am / 10:30 pm / 12:00 pm

Your prompt arrival will ensure a more pleasurable experience not only for yourself but for the other participants as well. More information on Chanoyu and details about attending as well as reservations can be found at our  website: https://www.japanesefriendshipgarden.org/tea 

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Parking

We would like to encourage you to carpool if possible or take the light rail to this Special Events as parking is limited.
When riding the Light Rail, exit at the Central and Roosevelt stop. The Garden is located on the west side of the rail, 0.3 miles from the station; it is directly behind the Irish Cultural Center (1106 N. Central Ave, Phoenix), just north of Portland Avenue. The Garden entrance is across the parking lot at 1125 N. 3rd Avenue.