(THE CONVERSATION) One of Japan’s most recognizable cultural practices – the Japanese tea ceremony, known as chanoyu, or chadō – is being reshaped by tourism, wellness culture and social media. Matcha ...
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 ...
(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.