TOKYO -- FX's "Shōgun" takes audiences back in time to feudal Japan as it chronicles the lives of the samurai class, depicting everything from their archery training to their tea ceremonies. "Tea ...

TOKYO — 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 powdered ...

At first, I was puzzled by the tea ceremony. When my Japanese grandmother took me I found it hard to really be present in its simplicity and couldn't appreciate its beauty. But I was fascinated when ...