Activities & Experiences · Shirokanedai

Happo-en Mu-an Tea House 八芳園 茶室「夢庵」

A century-old tea house in Happo-en's lovely Japanese garden in Shirokanedai, where you can drop in for matcha and a seasonal sweet or book a formal tea ceremony demonstration.

About

Happo-en is a wedding and banquet venue built around a gorgeous stroll garden of ponds, maples and bonsai, some of them hundreds of years old. Tucked into it is Mu-an, a tea house that industrialist Kuhara Fusanosuke cherished, inviting tea masters from Kyoto to live on the estate; he added the table-style ryurei seating area over what was once an earthen floor. Two ways to visit: teicha, a walk-in bowl of matcha with a wagashi sweet served at the tables, four days a week; or otemae, a reservation-only ceremony in which a staff member prepares tea in front of you, with an option to try whisking yourself. It is calmer and more elegant than the tourist studios, and the garden itself is free to wander, come in November for the maples or spring for the azaleas. Weddings happen most weekends, so expect kimono-clad guests and photographers.

Highlights

• Walk-in matcha and seasonal wagashi in a historic tea house
• Reservation-only ceremony with a hands-on whisking option
• Free entry to one of Tokyo's prettiest small Japanese gardens
• Centuries-old bonsai and koi pond views
• Autumn maples and spring azaleas

Tips

• Teicha needs no booking (Fri–Mon, 11:00–15:00); the formal ceremony (Mon and Fri, 11:30 and 13:00) must be booked at least two weeks ahead
• For the formal ceremony, check what room and arrangement charges apply when you book, the official price list includes them for private use
• Pair it with a walk to the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum and the Institute for Nature Study nearby
• Weekday mornings are quiet; weekends bring wedding parties

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Nearby

• Happo-en GardenGarden · 40 m away
• Platinum Don Quijote ShirokanedaiUnique Store · 510 m away
• Minato City Local History MuseumMuseum · 600 m away
• Sengaku-jiTemple · 680 m away
• Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine ArtMuseum · 700 m away
• Matsuoka Museum of ArtMuseum · 740 m away
• JizozushiSushi & Seafood · 890 m away
• JW Marriott Hotel TokyoStay · 950 m away