The Japan400 Committee and the Rev. Suzanne Pattle
are very pleased to announce that, as part of Japan400 Week, we still have few places available to enjoy a very special and unique
CHINSHIN TEA CEREMONY
As a special celebration of the arrival of the early British pioneers in Japan
To be performed by Akira Matsura,
41st Head of the Matsura Family, former feudal Lords of the Island of Hirado
at
St. Mary Magdalene Church, Gillingham, Kent ME7 1SS
(where William Adams/Miura Anjin was baptised in 1564)
On
Thursday, 12th September 2013 at 2.30 p.m.
(Offering of tea to guests between 3 and 4 p.m.)
(Guests should be seated by 2.15 p.m.)
The ancestors of Akira Matsura welcomed the British in 1613 and provided the East India Company with a base in Japan thereafter.
RSVP ASAP for one of the limited places available to:
Susan Haydock
Honorary Mayor of Yokosuka
susanjhaydock@aol.com 01634 811172