Soju-an Tea House — Restaurant in Himeji

A great place to rest after a stroll in the garden, located near the end, it is the perfect stop before exploring the last of the garden or leaving. This place is the embodiment of peace and quiet, after arriving and for 700 yen per person, you are to take off your shoes and enter the peaceful tea house. Step into a traditional tea house with an amazing atmosphere until you reach a tatami where you are invited to seat. While you will not experience a full tea ceremony, you will at least experience the tea and sweets serving, for the real experience here is to partake in a moment of tranquility when you can rest, enjoy tea and relax in peace and quiet. It was a formidable experience, the tea went really well with the sweet served and the glassdoors offered a nice view of the interior garden of the tea house. As I already said many times, a nice tea house offering peace and quiet, a nice respite after a day of visiting Himeji Castle...

I visited this Tea House with a friend today and expected some good tea in an gorgeous enviroment, but we got so much more out of it! The staff there was very lovely and kind! They were also very curious about were we are from and we talked like an our about various things and took pictures together. It was an unforgettable experience and i can highly recommend it. The Atmosphere was also amazing, as this is a very traditional Japanese Tea House and as soon as you step in, you know what i mean.

All in all, i am happy that we decided to go inside it. Thanks again to the amazing staff that made it an unforgettable experience for us.

Best Wishes to all of you and arigatō...

This experience unfortunately wasn’t what I expected. We were seated in a sort of living room facing the wall with other strangers. The seats were not particularly comfortable nor typical. The room was Japanese style, which was nice. However, I thought we could overlook the garden from the teahouse. There was no tea ceremony, we were just served matcha with a Japanese sweet. The staff was lovely, but unfortunately couldn’t speak English. Luckily my friend speaks Japanese, so we were able to interact a little bit more with her. It’s a shame because the place is beautiful, and the staff seems nice, but the whole experience felt...