(4) 懇親会
会場を4Fオーキッドに移し、懇親会を開催しました。立食形式ですが、入口でくじを引いていただき、「富士山」「ピアノ」「さくらえび」「山葵」など、“ふじのくにの日本一”にまつわる名前が付けられたテーブルに新旧混合でわかれました。大塚ブロック長のご挨拶、日本茶業技術協会顧問の中川致之様による乾杯後、各テーブルで和やかに会話がはずみ、来賓、新規認定者、現役会員の交流ができました。
昨年10月にアドバイザーに認定されたチェコのコントラバス奏者Jiri Rohanさんによる演奏にうっとりした後、後半は、自分流のお茶会で様々なお茶を楽しみ、あっという間の1時間半でした。
Nihon ocha instructor’s introduction was on the last day of March in Shizuoka.I came to this introduction together with Mr. Watanabe.I was surprised, how many people are there, this evening.Wonderful space, top level of “sensei”, all mixed together gave me very satisfied feelings.After the ceremony following the party, it was the best time for me, because I could meet my professors as well as my friends. And because we met half year after our last meeting, everybody had a lot to talk together.My personal feeling from the evening? I lost the talk a little sometimes, because my Japanese is still bad, but I didn’t lose my friends and “sensei”, so I was very happy to be there.I am very looking for a future talk about English communication....please.. :-)) But I truly felt that if we would like to open a gate to “ocha” in Europe, we need such a kind of education system there...And I hope that I will be the solid stone of this “kakehashi”...Thank to everybody for invitation and hope for future cooperation.
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