Social media has turned traditional Japanese matcha into a commercial trend, though its roots lie in Zen Buddhism. A scholar ...

Tea ceremony classes in Japan are bearing the brunt of an acute shortage of matcha as a recent global boom in green tea has ...

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Tea Master Yoshitsugu Nagano teaches the Samurai Tea Ceremony Class, where students learn about the tradition, history, and formalities of a Japanese tea ceremony. The Buke (samurai) Tea Ceremony, or ...

TOKYO -- FX's "Shōgun" takes audiences back in time to feudal Japan as it chronicles the lives of the samurai class, depicting everything from their archery training to their tea ceremonies. "Tea ...

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 ...

The moment the host begins speaking you can sense everyone’s heart rate drop. If you have ever been to a yoga class, you know the feeling. When you are settling in on your mat and the teacher says ...

In the U.S., Tea Party politics refers to a certain strain of Republican conservatism. But in Japan, tea politics are of an altogether different sort: The ritual drinking of this ancient beverage — ...