2026 Pasadena Festival of Tea
Description
Seventh Annual Pasadena Festival of Tea
The garden’s most popular event of the year is here. Participating tea purveyors will be with their teas and tea accessories for sale.
You can choose from three sessions to attend during the festival.
Our tea practitioner, Mikko Nakatomi, serves guests Japanese tea and sweets while sharing information about the history and traditions of the tea ceremony.
Held in the Japanese garden on Arlington Drive and in the traditional Japanese teahouse, the festival is a delight for tea lovers and garden lovers alike.
Several local vendors will offer samplings of their latest teas from Japan, China, Taiwan, and India (more details to come).
The garden’s gift shop, Takara-ten, will offer an array of antique and vintage items that make wonderful gifts, including a special pop-up sale of Japanese treasures. Garden Donors receive 10% off shop purchases.
Stroll among camellias, azaleas and various other fragrant and sometimes drinkable plants as spring works its magic in the beautiful stroll garden. Originally designed in the late 30s by Kinzuchi Fujii, and recently restored by Takeo Uesugi, FAIA, the garden is on the National Register of Historic Places and is listed as a California Historical Landmark.
- Registration closes the day before at 5pm but we will be accepting walk-ins as long as space allows
- Children 12 and under receive free admission
- The garden is wheelchair accessible but there are stairs to enter the teahouse
- Sorry, no pets allowed