NARA--Nara's famed Saidaiji temple here is breaking temporarily with its nearly 800-year tradition of serving "matcha" powdered green tea in huge bowls during "ochamori" festive ceremonies as ...

OSAKA--The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, is holding a special exhibition featuring 24 masterpieces, including a national treasure tea bowl, to highlight the exquisite beauty of Chinese ...

The Japanese tea room teaches traditional Chanoyu ... This ritual that we're performing, to prepare a single bowl of tea, sometimes we can spend 15-30 minutes. And what we are able to do by ...

The technique is the ancient art of Japanese Kintsugi ... commander Ashikaga Yoshimasa broke one of his beloved Chinese tea bowls and, disappointed with the shoddy repair job it was treated ...