Tea ceremony classes in Japan are bearing the brunt of an acute shortage of matcha as a recent global boom in green tea has led to soaring prices of the product. While the farm ministry is seeking to ...

Young women in brightly colored long-sleeved kimonos and young men in formal suits or traditional hakama and haori gathered ...

TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Japan PM tells party official ...

Set along Tokyo Bay, Yokohama offers a softer, more spacious counterpoint to the capital's constant momentum. If you're ...

On your next visit to Japan, skip Tokyo and Kyoto in favor of the less touristy region of Hokuriku, where ancient craft and ...

Matcha is a form of green tea in which young tea leaves have been ground to a powder using a stone mill. Unlike other teas, ...

The Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, hosted the event "JAPAN SUI COLLECTION in KYOTO" in Kyoto on November 14-15, 2025. Japan is home ...

This workshop focuses on how to host simple tea ceremonies, either for yourself or for others. It is about the atmosphere, the pacing, the presence, and the care you bring to the moment while moving ...