[Osaka] Sakai City, Sakai Toshiaki Forest

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Sakai Rikyu Forest is a cultural and tourist facility that promotes the distinctive historical culture of Sakai, with the theme of two figures associated with Sakai, Sen no Rikyu and Yosano Akiko.

The Sen no Rikyu Chanoyukan (Sen no Rikyu Tea Ceremony Museum) unravels Sen no Rikyu and the tea ceremony from a historical and cultural perspective, the Yosano Akiko Memorial Museum touches on the world of the poet Yosano Akiko's works and her way of life, and the Tourist Information and Exhibition Room is the starting point for sightseeing in Sakai.

The Tourist Information and Exhibition Room on the first floor displays a model of the Shukuin townscape from 1944 (Showa 19).

The Tea Ceremony Experience Facility, facing the former site of Sen no Rikyu's residence, the birthplace of Senke tea ceremony, offers a taterei-teicha (standing tea ceremony) where you can enjoy matcha and sweets in a chair, as prepared by the Omotesenke, Urasenke, and Mushakojisenke schools, and a tea room tea ceremony experience where you can prepare tea yourself under the guidance of the three Sen schools of tea ceremony.

There is also Sakai Tai-an, a restored version of the original tea room Tai-an, the only remaining tea room created by Sen no Rikyu that is a national treasure. You can not only view the exterior, but also enter the room.

Sen no Rikyu Tea Ceremony Museum, Yosano Akiko Memorial Museum: 300 yen for adults

Sakai Tai-an Special Viewing Set *Includes exhibition viewing and tea ceremony: 1,300 yen for adults

Sakai Rikyu no Mori

📍Location: 2-1-1 Shukuin-cho Nishi, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka

1 minute walk from Shukuin Station on the Hankai Line

Approximately 6 minutes by bus from Sakaihigashi Station on the Nankai Koya Line

Approximately 10 minutes walk/approximately 3-5 minutes by bus from Sakai Station on the Nankai Main Line

Nearest bus stop: 1 minute walk from Shukuin

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