Tsubaki Sasaki — Chado / Cultural Hospitality Designer
Tsubaki Sasaki designs Japanese tea culture experiences, hospitality training, and cultural programs for executives, companies, and luxury hotels.
Chado is more than etiquette. It is Japan's own form of hospitality: preparing a space for a single guest, choosing the season, conveying even what is never said aloud.
She brings this philosophy to executive dialogue, corporate training, and stays that international guests remember long after they leave.
Fifteen years of tea practice. Certified Urasenke instructor.
A professional background in PR and communications — translating tea culture into modern business and hospitality.
Tsubaki Sasaki | Chado PractitionerUrasenke Tea Instructor / Cultural Hospitality Designer
What I Do
Every program is individually designed around your purpose, venue, and guests — never a one-size-fits-all demonstration. Programs are delivered in Japanese or English; for international guests, Tsubaki guides not only the gestures, but the utensils, the season, and the philosophy of welcome behind them.
For:Executives, board members, leaders
A private, small-group tea session that restores clarity, composure, and quality of dialogue — a deliberate pause for people who make decisions all day. Can be built into executive retreats and offsites.
For:Corporate and hotel teams
Chado is a codified system of hospitality. Through hands-on practice, teams learn preparation, observation, language, and the art of setting a space — skills that transfer directly to service and guest relations.
For:International guests, VIPs, hotel guests
A private tea gathering that opens the depth of Japanese culture — utensils, seasons, gestures, even silence — explained with care in English. Each experience is tailored to the guest's background and interests.
For:Hotels, destinations, brands
Tea culture designed into the guest journey — not added as decoration. I create cultural experience programs, spatial presentations, and cultural supervision aligned with your brand, property, and guest profile.
For Hotels & Hospitality
For international guests, the tea ceremony is far more than a matcha tasting. Through utensils, seasons, gestures, silence, and the philosophy of welcome, it becomes a gateway into the depth of Japanese culture — the kind of moment guests remember long after checkout.
I design private tea gatherings, table-style ceremonies, staff hospitality training, and cultural experience programs tailored to your property, brand, and guest profile. The goal is never to add culture as decoration, but to design it into the guest journey — where it strengthens both the stay and the brand.
No tea room is required. Lounges, guest rooms, banquet spaces, gardens, and club floors all work beautifully for table-style ceremonies and intimate private gatherings. Anniversaries, VIP relations, inbound cultural programming, destination-driven stay packages — each is proposed around your property's purpose, as a genuine part of the stay's value.
Use Cases
A sample of the engagements these programs are designed for. Every program is tailored to your purpose, venue, and guests.
Programs
Everything you need for internal proposals. All programs are individually designed around purpose, venue, and guests.
About
Tsubaki Sasaki began studying Urasenke tea ceremony at sixteen and now teaches as a certified Urasenke instructor, with some fifteen years of practice. Based in Fukuoka, Japan, she translates the philosophy of chado into modern business, hospitality, and cultural experiences.
Alongside her tea practice, she has worked professionally in corporate communications and public relations — crafting language that carries value, designing the meaning of a space, and connecting people with care. This dual background is what allows her to design programs that hold both cultural integrity and business relevance.
In the tea room, a single utensil, a single flower, a single word each carry meaning. What you choose, how you place it, how you receive your guest — all of it becomes a quiet message. She brings this sensibility to boardrooms, hotel lounges, and guest experiences alike.
Her approach treats tea not as etiquette to be performed, but as a comprehensive art of welcoming another person — designed with precision for each client's purpose.
Thought Journal
A Japanese-language podcast where Tsubaki shares reflections from tea practice — utensils, seasons, and the sensibilities of chado that live on in work and relationships. A good way to get to know her voice and thinking before an engagement.
Contact
Please choose the enquiry that fits your needs. Proposals for internal review are available on request.
info@momochidori-inc.com