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TOYAMAKANAZAWA

EVENT

En-Kai Project’s Rinkan Soji

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Photo: Sakashita Tomohiro

Photo: Sakashita Tomohiro

Photo: Sakashita Tomohiro

Photo: Sakashita Tomohiro

Enjoy a twist on Japan’s traditional tea culture at Rinkan Soji, an event inspired by medieval tea gatherings (rinkan chanoyu). These gatherings predated the formalization of the tea ceremony and featured bathing, drinking tea and dining. The event also marks the first time Kai Hanare—a building housing past works by Miura Shiro and collaborating artists—will be open to the public.
The term soji in the event’s title, Rinkan Soji, refers to flowering plants, specifically tea plants, the key theme of the event. Like its medieval counterpart, the event is divided into three parts with titles drawing on traditional subjects in the arts: “Pine,” which includes bathing and dining, “Bamboo,” a brief repast to savor tea sweets, and “Flowering Plants,” during which guests are served tea. Each one offers an extraordinary space to rejuvenate and reconnect with yourself through immersive experiences engaging all the senses.
*When “Pine” is held on Saturday, October 12, the venue will be closed to all those without a reservation, regardless of whether they have a Go for Kogei ticket.
*From 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on September 14, “Flowering Plants” will not be held because “Bamboo” will be being held. Visitors will still be able to watch “Bamboo” and see the venue.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Photo: Jumonji Bishin

Miura Shiro & En-Kai Project

b. 1969 in Kyoto. Miura received a graduate degree in architecture from Waseda University in 1995. He trained under Nakamura Sotoji, a master carpenter specializing in tea house-style (sukiya) architecture. Miura launched the businesses Tohoo and Sankaku-ya, where he worked on diverse design and construction projects, ranging from private homes to commercial locations. As the leading executive of the company Rokukaku-ya, he is currently engaged in architectural planning, design, design supervision, and facilitating community revitalization projects. The En-Kai Project is an initiative Miura works on in collaboration with carpenters, woodworkers, and other craftspeople* working in specific media, such as paper, bamboo, and aluminum.

*En-Kai Project
Kai-Ki: Oi Kotaro (Oi Factory), Sankaku-ya, Air Frame
Kai-Ro: Konishi Tadayuki (Konishi Construction), Okada Tadashi (Bishodo Okada Mountings)
Kai-Shi: Kado Koh (Kamisoe)
Kai-Tou: Nakagawa Shuji (Nakagawa Mokkougei)
Kai-Chiku: Shimomoto Kazuho (Taketo), Okabe Souta (Common Mfg.)
Kai-Sou/Kai-Sou iori: Muramatsu Masaharu (M.Produce), Ueno Kazuhiro (Nuno)
Kai-Seki: Usami Toru (Cazahana), Yamamoto Masaji (Yamamoto)
Kai-Kou: Harada Hisashi (Sangensyoku Inc.), Matsumoto Daisuke (Lighting Roots Factory)

INFORMATION

Kai-Hanare

Kai-Hanare is a renovated building managed by Miura Shiro’s company Rokukaku-ya. The building is not usually open to the public. It houses experimental and other unveiled works created by Miura and his collaborators, including carpenters, woodworkers and craftspeople working in specific media, such as paper, bamboo, and aluminum. The site has previously been used to host meals and serve tea by invitation only, but is being opened to the public and hosting reservation-based events for the first time as part of this year’s Go for Kogei.

Photo: Yoshikawa Shinjiro

Address 2-25-60 Higashiyama, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
Hours 10:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (Last entry 4:00 p.m.)
Holidays October 12