I've never personally seen a real Japanese tea ceremony before, so I couldn't pass up the chance to see it live at Katsucon. The Comiku Girls hosted the event, and they are 10 year veterans of the ...

Immerse yourself in a Japanese tea ceremony while wearing a kimono at Tokujuji, a 300-year-old Zen Buddhist temple on Itsukushima, an island near Hiroshima. Though the style of drinking powdered green ...

For over 30 years, Midori Mochizuki has invited people to experience matcha in a more intentional way, with a traditional version of the practice that is more than 500 years old. It is a way of life ...

The Zen of Proposal Writing: An Expert’s Stress-Free Path to Winning Proposals. By Kitta Reeds (Three Rivers Press, 223 pages, $13). Writing a proposal for a government contract and the Japanese tea ...

In Japan, tea ceremony (cha-dou) is revered as a way to a gain deeper insights into life and philosophy. Traditional Japanese tea ceremony practitioners put in long hours to master the intricacies and ...

See Senior Director of TV Programming Meredith Speight’s recommendations from this month’s KQED 9, PLUS and Passport schedules. Videos from KQED Live Watch recordings of recent KQED Live events. Donor ...

For the Japanese, eating food or drinking beverage is not just an activity which takes a few minutes of your life. It’s an ...

A Japanese World War II-era sailor this morning performed the first sacred Japanese tea ceremony aboard the USS Arizona Memorial, a national monument and the symbol of Japanese aggression that ...