A centuries-old practice rooted in mindfulness and impermanence now finds itself repackaged as a global lifestyle aesthetic.

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 ...

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 ...

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 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, chanoyu, ...

(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.

Harmony, respect, purity and tranquility may not be what one experiences waiting at a pop-up stand or in a drive thru at Starbucks for a banana caramel matcha latte, but those are the key goals of ...

Spared from flying a suicide mission in World War II, he became a grandmaster of Japan’s venerable tea ceremony and used his stature to speak out against all wars. By Martin Fackler Reporting from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Sven Gärtner / Getty Images Japanese tea reveals itself slowly as a companion to daily life. For travelers arriving in ...

Dylan Ettinger is a Los Angeles-based writer specializing in spirits, cocktails, and coffee with hands-on experience visiting distilleries and bars across the US, Europe, Mexico, and the Caribbean.