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Ro-biraki: Welcoming the “New Year” of Tea in November
As the mornings turn crisp in November, the tea room marks its most formal turning point of the year. The portable brazier is put away and the sunken hearth is opened once more. Known as the New Year of tea people...
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The Opening of Furo: The Spirit of May's First Brazier
As gentle May breezes drift through the tea room, a quiet but significant transition takes place. After half a year of warming guests through the sunken hearth, the tea room turns to the furo, a portable brazier marking a new season...
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