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How tourism, a booming wellness culture and social media are transforming the age-old Japanese tea ceremony

  • Written by Małgorzata (Gosia) K. Citko-DuPlantis, Assistant Professor in Japanese Literature and Culture, University of Tennessee
How tourism, a booming wellness culture and social media are transforming the age-old Japanese tea ceremonyA traditional Japanese tea ceremony in Japan on Dec. 18, 1947.AP Photo

One of Japan’s most recognizable cultural practices – the Japanese tea ceremony, known as chanoyu, or chadō – is being reshaped by tourism, wellness culture and social media.

Matcha, the Japanese powdered green tea that is used during the ceremony, has...

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