Incense smoke is a fabric ... The process is as involved as the tea ceremony, and as much part of the country’s national identity. But outside Japan, little is known about the practice.

Kyara, Rakoku, Manaban, Manaka, Sumotara, Sasora… I heard the names being repeated as I arrived. Armed with an address and a pair of socks I headed to my destination on the fifth floor of a building ...

And you thought tea ceremony, at around 10 years, took a long time to master? How about the meditative ritual that is the art of kodo (Japanese incense ceremony), whose subtleties take a whopping ...

Mr. Hata will be joined by incense specialist and author of the highly acclaimed The Book of Incense: Enjoying the Traditional Art of Japanese Scents ... He has studied Kōdō (Incense Ceremony) under ...

The JHU Buddhist Student Association invites you to join us for a rarely held, and very special, Japanese Incense Ceremony from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 11, in the JHU Interfaith Center ...

The Japanese ... incense. Finally, to maintain the purity of the tea room participants are expected to change into a fresh pair of white socks or tabi before entering. Interest in the tea ceremony ...

“We approached the tea house and I saw that the path was splashed with water to welcome us, and I could smell a faint fragrance of incense ... Japan. The Japanese tea ceremony is considered a ...

An incense ceremony class for Chinese journalists was held at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on November 28. For the event, 25 journalists were invited to take a closer look at the incense culture.