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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

Sen Soshitsu XVI, grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, prepares tea for guests at a New Year ceremony at a teahouse in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2024.

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

Sen Soshitsu XVI, grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, prepares tea for guests at a New Year ceremony at a teahouse in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2024.

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

Sen Soshitsu XVI, grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, prepares tea for guests at a New Year ceremony at a teahouse in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2023.

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

Sen Soshitsu XVI, grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, prepares tea for guests at a New Year tea ceremony at a teahouse in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2023.

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New Year's tea ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Sen Soshitsu (far L), grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, serves green tea to guests at the school's first tea ceremony gathering of the year at the Konnichian tea house in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2013.

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Kan attends New Year tea ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) attends a New Year tea ceremony in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2011. After having tea prepared by Sen Soshitsu XVI (L), head of the Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony, Kan said, ''The color (of the tea) was beautiful and it was tasty.'' (Pool photo taken by Kyodo News)

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New Year's tea ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Sen Soshitsu (L), grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, serves green tea to guests at the school's first tea ceremony gathering of the year at the Konnichian tea house in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2011. Grand masters of other tea ceremony schools as well as local government and business leaders, including Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada, took part in the ceremony.

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New Year's tea ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Sen Soshitsu (L), grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, serves green tea to guests at the school's first tea ceremony gathering of the year at the Konnichian tea house in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2011. Grand masters of other tea ceremony schools as well as local government and business leaders, including Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada, took part in the ceremony.

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Urasenke school holds its 1st tea ceremony of year

Kyoto, Japan - Sen Soshitsu (L), grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, serves green tea to guests at the school's first tea ceremony gathering of the year at the Konnichian tea hut in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward on Jan. 7, 2010. Grand masters of other tea ceremony schools as well as local government and business leaders, including Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada, took part in the ceremony.

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Urasenke group holds its 1st tea ceremony of year

KYOTO, Japan - Sen Soshitsu, grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony group, serves green tea to guests at the school's first tea ceremony gathering of this year at the Konnichian tea hut in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward on Jan. 7. About 30 people including Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada took part in the ceremony.

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Chinese premier Wen enjoys tea in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) waits for Japanese tea to be prepared for him by Sen Soshitsu, the grand master of Urasenke, during his visit to Kyoto on April 13. (Pool photo)

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Chinese premier Wen enjoys tea in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao enjoys a cup of Japanese tea served by Sen Soshitsu, the grand master of Urasenke, during his visit to Kyoto on April 13. (Pool photo)

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Ura-Senke holds year's 1st tea ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Soshitsu Sen (L), head of the Japanese tea ceremony school Ura-Senke, serves tea to guests at the year's first ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 7.

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New head of Ura-Senke tea school serves New Year's tea

KYOTO, Japan - The 16th Sen Soshitsu (L), new head of the Ura-Senke school of Japanese tea ceremony, serves tea for guests at a New Year's tea ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 7. He succeeded the previous head in December 2002.

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Ura Senke begins 1st tea ceremony of new year in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Sen Soshitsu (L), the 15th-generation head of Ura Senke, one of the three Japanese tea ceremony schools, prepares tea at the school's first tea ceremony of the new year Jan. 7 at its estate in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward.

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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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German president attends traditional Japanese tea ceremony

BERLIN, Germany - German President Johannes Rau (L) takes time out May 9 for a taste of Japanese tea at his presidential palace with Japanese tea master Sen Soshitsu (R) in attendance. Sen, currently on a visit to Germany to mark ''Year of Japan'' events, demonstrated the traditional Japanese art of tea making, brewing the powdered green tea while explaining the intricacies of the centuries-old art.

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

Sen Soshitsu XVI (4th from L), grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, serves green tea to guests at a New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2022.

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

Sen Soshitsu XVI (back), grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, serves green tea to guests at a New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2022.

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Chinese premier Wen enjoys tea in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao enjoys a cup of Japanese tea served by Sen Soshitsu, the grand master of Urasenke, during his visit to Kyoto on April 13. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Chinese premier Wen enjoys tea in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) waits for Japanese tea to be prepared for him by Sen Soshitsu, the grand master of Urasenke, during his visit to Kyoto on April 13. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Ura Senke begins 1st tea ceremony of new year in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Sen Soshitsu (L), the 15th-generation head of Ura Senke, one of the three Japanese tea ceremony schools, prepares tea at the school's first tea ceremony of the new year Jan. 7 at its estate in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward.

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German president attends traditional Japanese tea ceremony

BERLIN, Germany - German President Johannes Rau (L) takes time out May 9 for a taste of Japanese tea at his presidential palace with Japanese tea master Sen Soshitsu (R) in attendance. Sen, currently on a visit to Germany to mark ''Year of Japan'' events, demonstrated the traditional Japanese art of tea making, brewing the powdered green tea while explaining the intricacies of the centuries-old art.

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Australian PM Turnbull attends Japanese tea ceremony

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enjoy tea served by Sen Soshitsu, head of the Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony, at the Urasenke Tokyo branch office in the Japanese capital on Dec. 18, 2015. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Urasenke group holds its 1st tea ceremony of year

KYOTO, Japan - Sen Soshitsu, grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony group, serves green tea to guests at the school's first tea ceremony gathering of this year at the Konnichian tea hut in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward on Jan. 7. About 30 people including Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada took part in the ceremony. (Kyodo)

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New Year's tea ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Sen Soshitsu (L), grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, serves green tea to guests at the school's first tea ceremony gathering of the year at the Konnichian tea house in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2011. Grand masters of other tea ceremony schools as well as local government and business leaders, including Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada, took part in the ceremony. (Kyodo)

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New Year's tea ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Sen Soshitsu (L), grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, serves green tea to guests at the school's first tea ceremony gathering of the year at the Konnichian tea house in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2011. Grand masters of other tea ceremony schools as well as local government and business leaders, including Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada, took part in the ceremony. (Kyodo)

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Urasenke school holds its 1st tea ceremony of year

Kyoto, Japan - Sen Soshitsu (L), grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, serves green tea to guests at the school's first tea ceremony gathering of the year at the Konnichian tea hut in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward on Jan. 7, 2010. Grand masters of other tea ceremony schools as well as local government and business leaders, including Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada, took part in the ceremony. (Kyodo)

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Kan attends New Year tea ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) attends a New Year tea ceremony in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2011. After having tea prepared by Sen Soshitsu XVI (L), head of the Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony, Kan said, ''The color (of the tea) was beautiful and it was tasty.'' (Pool photo taken by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

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Next grand master of Urasenke tea ceremony school

Sen Soshi (R), the next grand master of the Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony, meets the press at Juko-in, a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji temple, in Kyoto on Oct. 9, 2020. Current grand master Sen Soshitsu (C) and former grand master Sen Genshitsu also attended.

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New Year Tea ceremony in Kyoto

Sen Soshitsu XVI (far L), grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, serves green tea to guests at a New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

Grand tea master Sen Soshitsu XVI (far L) hosts a New Year tea ceremony at the Urasenke school's Konnichian tearoom in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 7, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

Grand tea master Sen Soshitsu XVI (far L) hosts a New Year tea ceremony at the Urasenke school's Konnichian tearoom in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 7, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ura-Senke holds year's 1st tea ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Soshitsu Sen (L), head of the Japanese tea ceremony school Ura-Senke, serves tea to guests at the year's first ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 7. (Kyodo)

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New head of Ura-Senke tea school serves New Year's tea

KYOTO, Japan - The 16th Sen Soshitsu (L), new head of the Ura-Senke school of Japanese tea ceremony, serves tea for guests at a New Year's tea ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 7. He succeeded the previous head in December 2002. (Kyodo)

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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.