Don’t just obtusely sip your tea. Learn the secrets of ancient Japanese tea ceremonies. For the Japanese, it is a way to separate from the stresses of everyday life, find tranquility and lear… ...

This is especially true for Japanese, a language accompanied by a long history and traditional customs. Despite her location in a small town in Maine, Bowdoin’s Morita-Sensei celebrates Japanese ...

Sado embodies key parts of Japanese culture such as hospitality, appreciating the seasons and treasuring the present moment. In addition to memorizing sets of temae (traditional preparation procedures ...

Matcha, or powdered green tea, was introduced from China some 800 years ago, when Zen monks began drinking it for spiritual training and meditation. Samurai then used it on the battlefield because ...

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 ...

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.