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 ...

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 ...

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… ...

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 ...

Hosting a Ceremony. In the Japanese tea ceremony, a small bowl of matcha is made and served through very precise movements and actions. When matcha first arrived in Japan at least 800 years ago, ...

Sadō, also known as chadō or chanoyu, is Japan’s austere rite of tea. Although its origins lie in Chinese Zen ritual, over centuries the ceremony developed into a distinct Japanese form ...

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 ...

She adds, "At the same time, it's also very much particularly, almost exclusively, Japanese." Over the years, the ceremony also took on a political dimension, an aspect that became pronounced in the ...