Limited experiences tied to Kyoto’s rhythms. Available only during their natural season.
Spend a summer evening at a private tea house with a traditional tea ceremony and a seasonal meal. Thin tea and thick tea served alongside wagashi, then a multi-course dinner on the engawa as the garden settles into dusk.
Hands-on encounters with Kyoto’s living traditions — tea, craft, cuisine, and material culture. Open to anyone, with priority booking for Maana guests.
Make your own art panel using Tsuchikabe — a traditional machiya wall material of clay, rice straw, sand, and seaweed.
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Dye textiles using spent tea leaves and traditional methods. Take home your own tea-dyed cloth.
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Make a tea blend from foraged and farmed ingredients reflecting the current microseason — and enjoy additional tastings with cookies.
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Make two seasonal pantry staples using traditional fermentation and preservation techniques.
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Start the morning in a serene private tea house, where Tea master Eriko invites you to a traditional Japanese breakfast and tea ceremony.
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Most experiences take place at Maana Atelier, a restored machiya on a quiet street in Nishijin — Kyoto’s old textile district, where the rhythm of looms once filled every block. The morning and night tea ceremonies are held a few blocks away, at our private tea house.
Nishijin has been home to weavers for over twelve hundred years. The streets here still hold the same proportions they always have: narrow lanes, lattice fronts, the smell of mulberry and dye. We chose to be here because the neighborhood already understands what we’re trying to do — keep traditional craft alive by giving it a place to work, not a place to display.
Six places scattered across the city — never more than a short cab or stroll between them.
481-3 Nishitachibanacho, Higashiyama-ku
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View on map ↑Open in Maps →427-18 Myohoin Maekawacho, Higashiyama-ku
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View on map ↑Open in Maps →82-3 Kamikinoshitacho, Kamigyo-ku
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View on map ↑Open in Maps →Whether you’re staying with us or joining for the day, each experience runs at the pace of the season — with a 7-day flexible cancellation.
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