Nishio, in Aichi Prefecture, bills itself as “the Matcha City.” Here, 98% of the tea produced is tencha, the raw material for matcha. The mild climate and mist from the Yahagi River enhance the ...

The latest Japanese teahouse to open in Manhattan provides a lesson in ancient matcha rituals. The sensory experience begins with the smell of incense inside Sōrate’s new outpost in the Flatiron ...

Even though I am Japanese ethnically and by citizenship, I never felt deeply connected to my Japanese heritage while growing up in the United States.

From Finnish forests to the hills of Nepal, Sarah Scarborough has followed tea across continents—discovering that when approached as ritual, it becomes a practice of presence, connection and stillness ...

EINPresswire/ -- The Online Japanese Language School “Attain Online Japanese (AOJ) Language School,” operated by Attain Corporation, has announced that the ticket prices for its one-on-one Japanese ...

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 matcha boom shows no signs of slowing down. From matcha lattes to ice cream and cheesecakes, the vibrant green powder has become a global fad, dominating the social media landscape and cafes ...

The official welcoming ceremony for President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is on an official visit to Japan, at the invitation of the Japanese Government, was held on Monday (29) morning at the ...

PSA: There’s much more to Japanese tea than matcha, and it’s a whole world of flavours tied with culture. Take the chance to widen your tea repertoire at Singapore’s Japan Tea Festival, which is ...

Forget the flat white, a new drink has taken over café menus across Aotearoa, and it’s bright green. Matcha, a finely ground powder made from green tea leaves, has gone from centuries-old Japanese tea ...

TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube are full of videos about matcha that, more often than not, aren't really about matcha. Performative matcha is the idea that drinking or preparing the tea has become less ...