An Englishwoman Abroad in Japan, Everything Stops for Tea
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I have to bow my head to enter the tearoom through the low door. When I look up again, I am face to face with Sing Suo-ko, who stands in the centre of the room, her hands clasped inside the sleeves of her kimono. She bows low and, in a voice that is barely audible, instructs me to kneel on the bamboo matting at one end of the room.
Sing kneels opposite me, behind a sunken charcoal fire that throws a warm glow over the floor. A small metal kettle steams above the fire. The only other objects in the room are a vase with a white flower in an alcove and a scroll of Japanese writing hanging above it.See the full content of this document
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An Englishwoman Abroad in Japan, Everything Stops for Tea
Sing is in her fifties, with delicate features but a face too long to be beautiful. She is intent on the preparation for the tea ceremony...
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