Located in Golden Gate Park, the Japanese Tea Garden offers visitors a slice of tranquility in a busy city. The garden, originally created as a "Japanese Village" for an international exposition ...

The global love affair with matcha is driving up demand and prices as Japan struggles to produce enough of the green tea powder. Global demand for matcha is skyrocketing, but Japan’s limited ...

Within this region, the mighty Japan Alps loom over thatched-roof villages, tea farms flourish, hikers unwind in hidden onsen (hot spring pools), and devotees walk pilgrimage routes to temples and ...

Japan has a matcha shortage despite record levels of production. Shops are selling out of the green tea powder as soon as they hit the shelves. On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast, host K. Oanh Ha talks ...

Matcha, the finely ground green tea powder from Japan, has taken the world by storm, becoming a staple in cafes, kitchens, and wellness routines. But not all matcha is the same. It is widely ...

Sipping a bowl of ceremonial tea while gazing out over Tokyo before ... Now, with overtourism being such a major headache across Japan, the program seems to fit the current trend of dispersing ...

A Japanese tea school held a tea ceremony in Washington on Wednesday, attended by about 20 people, many clad in kimono. Yuyusai Sosa Sen, the 15th grandmaster of the Omotesenke tea school ...

Gupta came to Japan seven years ago, and he was struck by the health properties of Japanese green tea. Chai, a type of milk tea containing heaps of sugar, is consumed across India.

Back in 2001, a cafe chain called Nana’s Green Tea opened in Tokyo’s Jiyugaoka, a neighborhood famous for delicious desserts. Now, over 20 years later, the chain has become so popular it has 68 ...