From Michelin restaurants to vending machines, tea is everywhere in the Land of the Rising Sun, and its history is ...

Medieval Japan may call to mind honorable sword-wielding samurai ... Such new cultural traditions as the tea ceremony became popular. The arrival of Europeans in the sixteenth century forced the ...

The “feudal lord’s tea ritual” is scheduled ... is supporting the tea ceremony endeavor. He expects sightseers from outside Japan to take part en masse. “People from Europe and the United ...

A new exhibition at the National Museum of Asian Art showcases the longtime cultural meaning in the practice of chanoyu Nathan Pugh - Freelance Writer The Japanese word for a tea ceremony ...