JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY FEB 2026

With Dr Clare Pollard, Curator of Japanese Art

This event takes place in-person only, in the Japan 1600–1850 Gallery 37

At 1pm OR 3pm. Each session lasts one hour

Tickets are £12. Booking is essential.

Please note the event is now fully booked.

This is an opportunity to learn about the art of tea in Japan. Enjoy a bowl of matcha tea and watch a demonstration in the Ashmolean’s Japanese tea house.

Experience a moment of mindfulness and appreciate a gesture of hospitality while drinking a carefully prepared bowl of tea from a beautiful tea bowl in the calm environment of the tea house.

Japanese tea house at the Ashmolean

BOOKING

Tickets are £12 for this onsite gallery event

This event is now fully booked

If you have any questions, please email us at publicprogrammes@ashmus.ox.ac.uk