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 ...
Bowdoin’s Morita-Sensei celebrates Japanese culture by supplementing her students’ learning of the Japanese language with the complex yet rewarding art of sadō, the Japanese tea ceremony. Studying a ...
Japanese tea reveals itself slowly as a companion to daily life. For travelers arriving in Japan, tea is often one of the first tastes offered and one of the most enduring memories taken home. But ...
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 ...
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 ...
Enjoy a demonstration of a Japanese tea ceremony presented by The Chado Urasenke Tankokai Washington DC Association. The tea demonstration will be presented in the Urasenke tradition of Chado.
For the Japanese, eating food or drinking beverage is not just an activity which takes a few minutes of your life. It’s an activity connected to deep philosophical meanings and needs to be relished in ...
A unique tea ceremony has been held on the back of a lavishly decorated truck known as "dekotora" in Kyoto City.
(The Conversation) — Social media has turned traditional Japanese matcha into a commercial trend, though its roots lie in Zen Buddhism. A scholar of premodern Japanese literature unpacks that history.
Two killed in Longview parking lot shooting; suspect jailed on murder charges Two people were killed late Saturday after a shooting in the parking lot of the AWPPW Hall in Longview. Oregon AG says ...
Soko Shimura, deputy tea master of the Urasenke Konnichian, emphasizes the essence of making a perfect cup of matcha while ...