Tokyo Grand Tea Ceremony 2026: Hama-rikyu Gardens

Overall 10:00–17:30; tea-ceremony programs 10:00–16:20; same-day tea tickets sold 7:45–15:40

Hama-rikyu Gardens

• 1-1 Hamarikyu-teien, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

Otemon Gate: 7 minutes on foot from Shiodome/Tsukijishijo stations on the Oedo Line or Shiodome Station on the Yurikamome Line; 12 minutes from Shimbashi Station on the JR, Ginza or Asakusa lines

All ages; each flower-arranging session has priority seats for children. The dedicated parent-child tea sessions take place only at the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

Garden admission: general ¥300, visitors aged 65 and older ¥150; elementary-school children and younger, and junior-high students living or attending school in Tokyo, enter free. Each indoor/outdoor tea session ¥800; flower arranging ¥500; tsumami-zaiku craft ¥500 (cash); performances and Edo woodworking demonstrations are free, but garden admission is still required

From 2026, all indoor/outdoor tea sessions use on-site ticket sales, with no advance registration or lottery. Flower-arranging and tsumami-zaiku tickets are sold first come, first served at their respective booths after the gardens open at 09:00

Tea ticket sales end at 15:40 on the day or when sold out; flower-arranging/craft tickets are available until sold out, with no latest sale time published

Same-day ticket sales; no online reservation currently needed

Overall and per-session capacities not published; the number of priority seats for children is not published

Experience indoor tea sessions, outdoor nodate tea and tea gatherings with English explanations in a historic garden, with flower arranging and Edo tsumami-zaiku crafts also available. Kabuki, paper cutting, traditional acrobatics and puppet performances make it suitable for families interested in cultural experiences

Specific child accompaniment rules not published; flower arranging has priority seats for children

Food trucks on site; toilet, nursing and stroller-access details not published on the event page read during this research

Tokyo Metropolitan Government; Arts Council Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture; co-organizer: Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association

The official information explicitly states that weather or other circumstances may cause program changes/cancellations; continuation in rain cannot be guaranteed

event: Tea and cultural programs are in Japanese, with some Japanese Sign Language sessions; english: Outdoor tea with English interpretation and flower arranging with English explanations/materials are explicitly available; kabuki on 10/31 and the Edo-culture lecture on 11/1 have English interpretation; chinese: Not published; korean: Not published; note: Website translation does not imply on-site service

• Outdoor tea in English: Kabokuen Azumaya; 10:00, 10:50, 11:40, 12:30, 13:20, 14:10, 15:00 and 15:50, 25 minutes each
• Flower arranging: both days 10:45–11:45, 12:45–13:45 and 14:45–15:45, near Naka-no-Gomon; flowers can be taken home
• Tsumami-zaiku: both days near Naka-no-Gomon, ¥500 cash; exact session times not published
• The 10/31 kabuki program has English explanations; the 11/1 Edo-culture lecture has English and Japanese Sign Language; traditional paper cutting, wazuma magic, puppetry/daikagura programs take place on different days
• Recheck tea-sweet allergens against the official website’s information on the day; credit cards cannot be used for tea tickets, but cash and specified electronic payments are accepted

dates: - 2026-10-31
- 2026-11-01