Immerse yourself in a Japanese tea ceremony while wearing a kimono at Tokujuji, a 300-year-old Zen Buddhist temple on Itsukushima, an island near Hiroshima. Though the style of drinking powdered green ...

TOKYO — Clad in an elegant kimono of pale green, tea ceremony instructor Keiko Kaneko uses a tiny wooden spoon to place a speck of matcha into a porcelain bowl. She froths up the special powdered ...

In Japan, tea ceremony (cha-dou) is revered as a way to a gain deeper insights into life and philosophy. Traditional Japanese tea ceremony practitioners put in long hours to master the intricacies and ...

I've never personally seen a real Japanese tea ceremony before, so I couldn't pass up the chance to see it live at Katsucon. The Comiku Girls hosted the event, and they are 10 year veterans of the ...

For over 30 years, Midori Mochizuki has invited people to experience matcha in a more intentional way, with a traditional version of the practice that is more than 500 years old. It is a way of life ...

Harmony, respect, purity and tranquility may not be what one experiences waiting at a pop-up stand or in a drive thru at Starbucks for a banana caramel matcha latte, but those are the key goals of ...

Guests at Forté Tea Lounge experienced an authentic Japanese tea ceremony led by Suzuyo Rust, highlighting mindfulness, tradition, and cultural connection through matcha, sweets, and ceremonial ...

Bowdoin’s Morita-Sensei celebrates Japanese culture by supplementing her students’ learning of the Japanese language with the complex yet rewarding art of sadō, the Japanese tea ceremony. Studying a ...

Participating in an ancient Japanese tradition, sipping from a $25,000 antique bowl and even finding a bit of a 1970s “Austin Powers” vibe. All can be part of the experience at Gallery Okubo in ...

A Japanese World War II-era sailor this morning performed the first sacred Japanese tea ceremony aboard the USS Arizona Memorial, a national monument and the symbol of Japanese aggression that ...