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 ...

(The Conversation) — Social media has turned traditional Japanese matcha into a commercial trend, though its roots lie in Zen Buddhism. A scholar of premodern Japanese literature unpacks that history.

The world is crazy; we all feel it. Sometimes a break is in order. Why not take a step back, however briefly, and join millions of others who throughout the centuries have enjoyed a cup of matcha tea.