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Baiba-san, Mioko-san, and Margie-san in the waiting area
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Watanuki-san in the waiting area
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Darja-san in the waiting area
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osechi ryouri (お節料理)
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ozouni (お雑煮), a rice cake soup
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Darja-san enjoying ozouni
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Katsu-san enjoying ozouni
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Miyahara-sensei begins serving lobster
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intermission
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Darja-san wipes the rim of the tea bowl after drinking some of the thick tea
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Margie-san drinks thick tea
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Darja-san asks Miyahara-sensei about the tea and bowls
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Mioko-san and Baiba-san
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Katsu-san passes a bowl of thick tea to Watanuki-san
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Darja-san examines the black raku tea bowl
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Takagi-san serves as assistant
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Timothy-san examines the Hagi ware tea bowl
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kobukusa (古袱紗)
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Miyahara-sensei folds her fukusa in preparation for the thin tea ceremony
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Watanuki-san passes the examined tea utentils back to Takagi-san
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sweets to go with thin tea
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Baiba-san returns her tea bowl
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Katsu-san enjoys some sweets
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a tea bowl, next to some other tea ceremony items
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the mizusashi, or fresh-water container
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tea utensils
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examining the natsume, or thin tea container
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Katsu-san examines the natsume, or thin tea container
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Watanuki-san examines the natsume, or thin tea container
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Miyahara-sensei tells us about the utensils she chose for this ceremony
