[Special Tea Ceremony]
Hosted by Toru Ota
— In Resonance with Juliette Agnel's World —

Speakers Speakers

• Toru Ota (Professor at Ritsumeikan University College of Gastronomy Management / Yuuhisai Koudoukan Representative Director / Head of Yusokugashi Gochoshinsho Oimatsu)

  

  As a professor at Ritsumeikan University's College of Gastronomy Management, he conducts research on food culture while serving as the head of Kyoto's long-established confectionery shop, “Yusokugashi Gochoshinsho Oimatsu.” Holding a Doctor of Engineering degree, he explores traditional confectionery making and rituals from academic and scientific perspectives. As the representative director who preserved and revitalized the Edo-period academy site “Yuuhisai Koudoukan,” he operates a venue where visitors can experience Kyoto's traditional culture—including tea ceremony, Japanese sweets, and classical performing arts—through all five senses. By reinterpreting tradition from a contemporary perspective and connecting it with art and academia, he continues to disseminate new approaches to culture both domestically and internationally.