Keijiroh Yama-guchi was a force in Philadelphia’s tea practice community for more than a decade. He not only studied tea but also taught tea and Japanese culture assiduously from the time that he joined the Chado Urasenke Tankokai of Greater Philadelphia. He eventually became a board member and traveled to Kyoto for formal lessons at the Urasenke headquarters. In 2014-16, he set up a series of lectures about tea and Japanese culture, including such topics as Japanese sweets and the Shikoku ...
