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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK -- Finding balance and harmony in New York City is a cup of tea at Globus Washitsu. The Japanese tea room teaches traditional Chanoyu tea rituals, passed down by Samurai, in the heart of the ...

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 ...