Led by practitioners from the Urasenke school, the experience highlights the cultural significance and artistry behind this ...

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

Nestled in a quiet corner of New Jersey, well away from the typical Jersey bustle, sits Boukakuan Japanese Tea House in Columbus. Since 1997, the tea house has offered a tranquil escape into the world ...

Immerse yourself in a Japanese tea ceremony while wearing a kimono at Tokujuji, a 300-year-old Zen Buddhist temple on Itsukushima, an island near Hiroshima. Though the style of drinking powdered green ...

TOKYO — Clad in an elegant kimono of pale green, tea ceremony instructor Keiko Kaneko uses a tiny wooden spoon to place a speck of matcha into a porcelain bowl. She froths up the special powdered ...

The timeless elegance of the Japanese tea ceremony is part of the “Masters of Carpentry: Melding Forest, Skill and Spirit” exhibition at Japan House Los Angeles. On Tuesday, Jan. 7, and Tuesday, Jan.

Today I’m talking to Jon Riggie, owner of The Jade Turtle tea house, who has opened a traditional tea house at 1007 Elmwood Avenue. Recently, Jon prepared some loose leaf, Chinese high mountain red ...

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