"Tea room" in a temple Mr. Masamoto Ishiga (Chief Priest) of Tottori Yesterday, Mr. Masamoto Ishiga from Tottori (on the right) came to see me for the first time in a while. Masamoto is the chief priest of the temple. He built a tea room in the precincts of the temple and became famous as a unique monk in newspapers and on TV. My first encounter with Masamoto goes back 15 years. Still in his early twenties, he visited to study tea. He said that the temple would be a place for people to gather and communicate, and that he would like many children and women to come. For that, you need tea, delicious sweets, and a fun story! Therefore, he underwent training (?) at Dimbula and opened his own business. . . . Yesterday I was with a friend who is a psychiatrist. The teacher uses a method of treatment that heals illness through laughter, and it seems that the expression of "laughing, smiling, crying" is used for mental treatment. . . The conversation was very interesting, and three hours passed in the blink of an eye while having dinner together. . I am happy that the communication that tea brings with people is spreading to temples and doctors in various places. It was one frame of holiday.