Don’t forget there are recommended books on the For further reading page.
New! Japan Living arts, website featuring articles of Japan arts and culture
Not our cup of tea: How we’re already ruining matcha
The Japanese art of recognizing beauty in broken things
What makes a tea bowl a Chawan? 30 minute Youtube video
The Story of A Tea Room Construction 15 minute Youtube video.
Mastering the art of partaking in a tea ceremony
Japanese Designers and Tea Houses
A new spirit for tea traditions
Ten members of the 10 craft-producing families for Senke seek exotic inspirations
NHK Begin Japanology – The Fragrances of Japan a video about incense and incense ceremony
For Quiet Contemplation, A Little Brown Jug, Chigusa and the Art of Tea in Japan
An Evening with Tea Master Sen So’oku & Hiroshi Sugimoto: From Sen Rikyu to Marcel Duchamp about an hour long youtube video
Kanazawa City: the architecture of tea
Tea ceremony still a respite from a fast-paced world
Japanese Tea Ritual Turned 15th Century ‘Tupperware’ Into Art
Chawan: Simply, some of the hardest works of pottery to create
Hand-Crafted Kimonos: Japan’s Wearable Masterpieces
Waking Up My Life Through Chado
Revolution in a Kettle: The Way of Tea
Re-discovering The Tea Ceremony
Twilight for the Kimono article at the Washington Post
The Japanese Tea Ceremony: Tea for All Nations by Brother Joseph Keenan, Ph.D., FSC
At 80, Long a Teacher of the Philosophy of Tea, Hisashi Yamada
Sen So-oku: A Tea Ceremony for Today
The Epic of Tea, Tea Ceremony as the Mythological Journey of the Hero
Koho Tatsumura: Nishiki Weaving for the 21st Century
What a Japanese Tea Ceremony Taught Me About Steve Jobs
Master Carpenter Inspects Japanese Tea House
Pouring the Heart into a Bowl, the Japanese Way of Tea as Practiced in Modern Day LA
Tea Master Offers a Glimpse Into a Ritual That’s Steeped in Tradition
More Articles can be found on the SweetPersimmon Blog.
For more in-depth reading I recommend the books on the reading list.