I live in Japan. I think Tea Ceremonies are so boring. If I get invited, again, what excuse can I give to get out of it without losing face?
How can you live in a place and have so little respect for it's culture? Boring as they might be, from what I understand it is a great honor to be invited to a tea ceremony.
Ok, lecture over. Your not going to get out of all of them, but I suspect you might be able to use the typical excuses occasionally. Stomach viruses happen to everyone now and again. It's a little white social lie. And you're going to have to go to some of them. that's it. If not, you will offend the person inviting you. You are in a very subtle culture, my friend, and no one will call you out for not attending. They will, however, very subtly cut you out of their social and perhaps business circles if you dishonor them.
Maybe if you can find someone who can explain all the sublty and nuianse of the ceremony so you understand why things are being done, they might start to have some significance for you and become less boring.
And remember, it could be worse - it could be Karaoke.
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