I. Give brief answers to the following (100-200 words each; 6 marks total):

Describe three of the oldest businesses in Japan that are in the food or hospitality industry. What do you think is the secret to their survival? (2 marks)

Name 4 kinds of Japanese tea. Which kind is served at a tea ceremony? (2 marks)

Name the 3 preparation methods for tea that mark the evolution of the way this drink was prepared in China and when and which of these styles were introduced abroad. Which is most common in Japan? Which is most common in Europe? (2)

II. Identify two of the following individuals and describe their unique contribution to Japanese culinary culture. (100-200 words each; 4 marks total)

Okakura Tenshin

Sen no Riky?

Taketsuru Masataka

IV. Merry White calls the coffee shop a “third space” in Japanese society. What are the other two spaces she alludes to, and what social and cultural function does the “third space” of the Japanese coffee shop perform? (400-500 words; 5 marks total)