Meimei-an Teahouse — Restaurant in Matsue

If you go on your own, don't expect much. They cater more to groups. After purchasing our tickets for the grounds and the tea (820 yen), they quickly served us 2 little cubed sweets, followed by a bit of Macha tea. Then they came back after a couple of minutes to collect our cups so that we would leave. Shortly thereafter, a large group came in. Watching from the window, they had much better service than us. The grounds are nice but definitely not the effort to go there. Don't...

A great place to learn about Fumai-ryu tea ceremonies and enjoy great matcha and wagashi while observing a traditional Japanese garden.

Bonus: stand on top of the circular stone at the head of the stairs to view Matsue castle without any modern buildings visible. The trees hide any hints that you're not in...

The tea is very nice and the garden is beautiful. The staff were very nice but don't speak any English. Watch out when they charge you though, it was supposed to be 600 yen a person but we got charged 1200 yen a person to also see the garden, but that was visible from the window anyway once we...