Toshiko Mishima Japanese Tea Room

The Toshiko Mishima Memorial Tea Room is in Humanities Building Room 117. Toshiko Mishima was the Japanese coordinator who accepted the donation of the tea room.

The tea room is made of wood and bamboo.

The room is meant for two guests and a host, but more people have been squeezed in during events.

This is a stone lantern, a common garden ornament in East Asia.

The rock garden around the structure was created by Toshiko Mishima and her students. McKeon said that students carried the rocks from a riverbank.

This stone basin can be filled with water and be used by guests to rinse their hands.

According to McKeon, Nancy McDermid, former College of Humanities dean, used to sit alone in the room to calm her mind when she was busy.