Machiko Soshin Hoshina is a long-term practitioner of Japanese tea ceremony and professor of Urasenke Chado. She was born in a Daimyo (Lord of Samurai) family and now is based in Tokyo. She conducts numerous tea ceremonies and tea practices in both Japanese and English at embassies, schools and companies. She is working on several socially engaged art projects such as the Reviving Old Imari Project at Loosdorf Castle, Austria (www.roip.jp). She received her BA from Keio University and is currently a research student at Tokyo University of the Arts. Her research interests include engaging traditional culture with modern society, practical use of Chado to build international communication and the relationship between mindfulness.