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

Late-night teahouses have opened up around L.A. to serve a younger population who is drinking less. Some reference East Asian tea ceremony culture, others lean bohemian. All of them offer a third ...

Kaiseki, Japan's refined dining tradition, began as a tea ceremony companion, evolving into a multi-course journey reflecting ...

Matcha, traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies, has exploded into a global wellness trend. Its popularity stems from ...

TOKYO -- Genshitsu Sen, a former Kamikaze pilot trainee who later promoted peace as a grand master of the Japanese tea ...

Spared from flying a suicide mission in World War II, he became a grandmaster of Japan’s venerable tea ceremony and used his ...

Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A grand master of Ursanke, a Japanese tea ceremony school, Sen Genshitsu died on Thursday. He was 102 years ...

Sen Soshitsu XV, who has died aged 102, was known in Japan as the 15th Urasenke Grand Tea Master and descendant of Sen Rikyu, the Japanese sage who perfected chado – “the way of tea”, commonly known ...

Sen Genshitsu, a would-be kamikaze pilot who became a Japanese tea ceremony master preparing cups of matcha for world leaders ...

A kamikaze pilot trainee during World War II, he later promoted peace as a grand master of the Japanese tea ceremony.