SADO CLUB
Sado, also known as Tea Ceremony, is a traditional Japanese art which has been around for centuries. Here in the Japanese Studies Department, we offer the chance to learn the art of tea ceremony from our own Sado Club.
Practiced in the comfort of the Japanese-styled room in the Japanese Department, Sado teaches one many virtues like discipline and humility. The ritualised form of serving tea, expressing "wakeiseijaku"-or mutual respect and thoughfulness-seeks to bring harmony among people and the surrounding. The essense of "Kirei Sabi" which is gracefulness and simplicity is also portrayed under the style of Enshu Sado which we learn.
The Sado Club is under the tutelage of two masters from the Enshu Sado School, namely Ms Hirota Naoko and Ms Miura Shizuka. The teachers visits three times a year from Japan. The Iemoto (Grandmaster), Mr Kobori Sojitsu, comes occasionally with them to help instruct the students.
Activities of the Sado Club includes performances in NUS, for example during the Japanese Cultural Festival, and outside of school which we get invited to do special performances.
For more information regarding the Sado Club, please feel free to drop a message at
u0702027@nus.edu.sg, or even drop by during one of our practices on Friday, anytime from 10am to 5pm at the Japanese Studies Department Culture room AS4/03-23.
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