Master Builder Seiji Suzuki

Seiji Suzuki, a tearoom designer and builder in New Jersey, is a third-generation carpenter from Tokyo. He has built tearooms in museums and educational institutions throughout the country, including Harvard University, the Morikami  Museum and Japanese Gardens in Florida, the University of Illinois, and the Urasenke  branch office in Washington D.C.

Mr. Suzuki’s home interior designs have also garnered praise, and an award from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) for the tearoom he built in a private home in Palm Beach, Florida.

Mr. Suzuki is more than a builder of tearooms; he also practices chanoyu  and has studied tea at the Urasenke  Branch in New York City for many years.