Here are some links that might be of interest:

http://www.holymtn.com/tea/Japanesetea.htm

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2096.html

http://www.jinjapan.org/access/tea/

http://www.sg.emb-japan.go.jp/JapanAccess/sado.htm


"Michael" > wrote in message
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> Thanks for the information, albeit negative. The word looks like a
> sort of Chinese-Japanese *******ization. Maybe the ceremony likewise?
> Ever onward.
>
> Michael