Sakai Shin-an — Restaurant in Sakai

A clean and modern museum dedicated to the tea culture founded by Sen no Rikyu, who had deep connections to Sakai.

Foreigners can take a self-guided tour of the museum, on the ground floor, which has 3 sections: Rikyu and Sakai, Rikyu's tea culture, and those who came after Rikyu. If you wish, you can connect to the WiFi and then navigate to a particular website to do an audio tour, which has "listen now" numbered posts (indicated by a mobile phone symbol under the relevant displays). However, I couldn't connect with internet this time, so forewent it this time. I still got a lot out of the museum, however, as the displays are vibrant enough.

You can also pay extra to sample traditional Rikyu-style tea sweets and matcha. For this, make a reservation when you buy your admission ticket.

The second floor also has displays dedicated to Yosano Akiko.

In the lobby, for free, you can enjoy a 1:50 scale model of a 1930s-diaorama of Sakai showing how the trams ran...

A great experience of traditional Japanese tea ceremony with a proper authentic setting. The tea lady is very kind and staff is very welcoming and supportive. It is just ¥500 for each person which is amazing. The experience and feeling...

大仙公園の真ん中にある小さな家。近くの博物館を訪れた際に偶然発見しました。これは竹の庭のあるとても美しい伝統的な日本家屋です。その日は雪が降っていて、古典的な建築様式のこの家に感銘を受けました。ここでは抹茶を非常に手頃な価格で販売しています。彼女は英語が話せませんが、とても温かく迎え入れてくれました。本当にありがとうございました。大阪での忘れられない午後. A small house in the middle of Daisen Park. I discovered it by chance while visiting a nearby museum. This is a very beautiful traditional Japanese house with a bamboo garden. It was snowing that day and we were impressed by this house with its classical architecture. They serve matcha here with some sweet at a very reasonable price. Although she doesn't speak English, she welcomed me very warmly. Thank you so much. Such An unforgettable...