Enjoy the new daily life with "Japanese Hybrid Art" from Minami Aoyama, Tokyo, JAPAN

【季節の特集】七夕茶会  【Seasonal special features】TANABATA (Star Festival) Tea Ceremony



天の川を見上げる時、
どこかの国で争いがある。
織姫と彦星が出逢う夜、
誰かと誰かが憎み合う。

世の中に戦争が無くなる日は来るのだろうか?
その時誰もが笑顔でいられるだろうか?

願わくば私の大切な人たちが
幸福なひとときを1分でも長く享受しますように。
この穏やかで平和な夜が
サイレンで切り裂かれることのありませんように。

星空の彼方に皆で想いを馳せて、
祈りのお茶を一服点てましょう。

 

As we gaze up at the Milky Way,
somewhere in the world, a conflict unfolds.
On the night when ORIHIME and HIKOBOSHI are reunited,
someone and someone else hate one another.

Will there ever come a day when war disappears from this world?
Will everyone, at last, be able to greet that day with a smile?

May the people dear to me
be granted moments of happiness for even one minute longer.
May this calm and peaceful night
never be torn apart by the sound of sirens.

Let us all turn our thoughts beyond the starry sky
and prepare a bowl of tea as a prayer.