Commemoration of Sen no Rikyū
Commemoration of Sen no Rikyū is held on March 28. Schools of Japanese tea ceremony. This event in the third decade of the month March is annual. 
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In Japan, a tea ceremony is a spiritual process, deeply rooted in Zen philosophy. The process is aimed at bringing harmony and inner peace to guests, by allowing them to take a break from the outside world and focus on the simple, transitory moment of serving and drinking tea.
Ritual tea drinking, which originated in China, was first practiced in Japan during the Kamakura period (1192–1333) by Zen monks, who drank tea to keep awake during long sessions of meditation. It later became an active part of Zen ritual honouring the first patriarch, Bodhidharma (Japanese: Daruma).
Sen Rikyū, byname of Sen Sōeki, (born 1522, Sakai, Japan—died March 21, 1591, Kyōto), Japanese tea master who perfected the tea ceremony and raised it to the level of an art.
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