Japanese Tea Ceremony.
Japanese tea ceremony began in Japan, but other countries and cultures have their own tea ceremonies as well.
The practice of drinking tea was brought to Japan by a monk who had spent time in China, and the practice of tea ceremony as we know it developed over the ensuing 400 years.
People in Japan usually have a tea ceremony on special events - Japanese festivals or holidays. Japanese Tea ceremonies are also held daily at Japanese tea gardens - there are a few of them in Tokyo (see http://www.tokyo-top-guide.com/Japanese_Gardens.html). Admission fee to these Japanese tea gardens is very reasonable, and the tea ceremony is a shorter version of the traditional Japanese tea ceremony ritual. If you are coming as a tourist to Tokyo - the Okura hotel also holds a tea ceremony in a private room, this naturally costs more than the Japanese tea gardens.
to purify your soul
Japan has been through a very bad quake and is trying to cool there nucular power plants
Yes, they do. Some schools in Japan have clubs for children to learn about and how to do Tea ceremonies.
A tea ceremony is a event where participants are served tea as an art form in most Asian countries, where the most commonly known ones are of in China, Taiwan, and Japan.
About 400-500 years ago.
It has been going on for a number of years but there is no information on who does it
About 400-500 years ago.
No one person introduced the tea ceremony in Japan, but it is most associated with Sen Rikyu (also known as Sen no Rikyu).