From DiscoverNikkei.org
Joyce Shoho Kubose
Urasenke tea master
Joyce Sosho Kubose has been trained in the Urasenke Tradition of Tea and has been awarded the certificate of kyoju, the highest rank of merit in the art of chanoyu. She has been teaching chanoyu/The Japanese Way of Tea, along with her mother Minnie Somi Kubosein, in Chicago for over 25 years. Joyce Kubose also established the nonprofit organization, Chanoyu Center of Chicago.
- --Excerpt from The Japanese Way of Tea (Lake Forest College)
- The Chanoyu Center of Chicago, established in 2001, devoted to public service educational programs on chanoyu and Japanese culture.
- Joyce Sosho Kubose established MATCHAandMORE, Inc. in 2001 to make it easy and convenient to obtain the highest quality matcha and items for chanoyu, while offering friendly, personal customer service.
- The Japanese Way of Tea ( Ela Area Public Library)
- Article by Joyce Kubose