The Glocal Book:"The Book of Tea" by Okakura Kakuzou(Tenshin)-NO.60

In the Midst of a City;

Feel as if you were in the Forest

「One may be in the midst of a city, and yet feel as if he were in the forest far away from the dust and din of civilisation.

Great was the ingenuity displayed by the tea-masters in producing these effects of serenity and puruty.

The nature of the sensations to be aroused in passing through the roji differed with different tea-matters.」(From the Book of Tea-The Tea-Room, pp,60-61, Charles E. Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont, Tokyo, Japan)

At Tea-drinking, the Roji is the most important pass way to the world of Tea-ceremony.

You will drink Tea in the midst of a city.

Yet, you will find you are as if in the forest far away from the noisy of the manners and customs.

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