Today (March 9th) at the Kaetsu Centre Cambridge there was a free all day event (Japan Day) and one of its events was an hour long tea ceremony introduction and demonstration. It was an opportunity not to miss and the turnout was near full capacity.
http://kaetsu.co.uk/events/japanday2013.pdf
^^^Link to the program for that day ^^^
photos for the event, credits to Mr.Yasu, cambridge tea member for many years .
essentially a tea room can be just 3 mats in length. It is common to see such small tea rooms, and it symbolizes its simplicity and practicality. It can also be easily taken down and put up this way, like ancient samurai warlords would do. They would set up a mobile tea house just before battle, sometimes even with the enemy lord, to settle themselves and to respect their opponent.
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