(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.

(THE CONVERSATION) One of Japan’s most recognizable cultural practices – the Japanese tea ceremony, known as chanoyu, or chadō – is being reshaped by tourism, wellness culture and social media. Matcha ...

One of Japan’s most recognizable cultural practices – the Japanese tea ceremony, known as chanoyu, or chado – is being reshaped by tourism, wellness culture and social media. Matcha, the Japanese ...

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When Buddhism spread through Japan more than a millennium ago, people adopted a vegetarian lifestyle. In the thirteenth century, under the influence of Zen Buddhism, the tea ceremony (cha no yu) ...

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