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 ...

(The Conversation) — Social media has turned traditional Japanese matcha into a commercial trend, though its roots lie in Zen Buddhism. A scholar of premodern Japanese literature unpacks that history.

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 ...

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 ...

PEARL HARBOR (HawaiiNewsNow) - A historic Japanese Tea ceremony of peace and harmony was performed for the first time on the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor Tuesday morning. About 150 ...

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 ...

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MIDDLEBURY — On Thursday, Jan. 29, the public and Middlebury College community are invited to the dedication of the timber ...