Posts in February 26, 2012

The library at Sacra­men­to State boasts a fea­ture which is, I believe, unique among Amer­i­can aca­d­e­m­ic libraries: a Japan­ese tea room. The Sokiku Nakatani Tea Room, which was ded­i­cat­ed in 2007, was the gift of an anony­mous donor and is named after a long-time Sacra­men­to-area prac­ti­tion­er of Cha­do (more on this term soon). The tea room sits in the library’s base­ment, with win­dows look­ing out onto a small adja­cent gar­den that is clev­er­ly tucked away from the hus­tle and bus­tle above. In addi­tion to hous­ing a col­lec­tion of tea ware and tea prepa­ra­tion uten­sils, the tea room peri­od­i­cal­ly hosts tea […]