Japan hosts tea ceremony at U.N. as prayer for world peace

Japan hosts tea ceremony at U.N. as prayer for world peace

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's ceremonial tea master Sen Soshitsu (3rd from L) performs a traditional Japanese tea ceremony at the United Nations before 230 world dignitaries on Sept. 14 and offeres it as prayer for world peace. Sen, the 15th-generation grand master of the Urasenke school of the art of tea, offered the peace prayer by ceremoniously placing a bowl of freshly brewed Japanese tea on a peace monument at the U.N. delegates lounge.

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