The Historical Journal, Vol. 59, No. 4 (DECEMBER 2016), pp. 927-945 (19 pages) This article explores the relationships between ritual, material culture, and political authority in early modern Japan ...

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.

Harmony, respect, purity and tranquility may not be what one experiences waiting at a pop-up stand or in a drive thru at ...

TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...

Minoru Handa, the third-generation chief of suburban tea store Tokyo Handa-en, which sells green and brown tea as well as ...