so visitors need not sit with legs crossed on the floor as is Japanese tradition – and which can be extremely painful if you’re not used to it. In a small room off to the side, tea bowls are ...

"I don't like to look at it anymore," said Helen Chan, once president of the now defunct Friends of the Westerville Tea House ... with grand plans to restore the building to hold Japanese cultural ...

Will Gamble Architects has updated a house in west London with an extension modelled on a Japanese tea house ... creating a large open-plan kitchen and dining space facing the rear garden.