Duke in Pictures: Japanese Students Take Tea in Duke Gardens

32 visiting students from Toyama, Japan, one of Durham's Sister Cities, took part in a traditional Japanese Tea Gathering on Tuesday in the Durham-Toyama Sister Cities Japanese Pavilion of Duke Gardens' Culberson Asiatic Arboretum. 

Nancy Hamilton, right, Duke Gardens' coordinator of cultural programming, who is trained in the Urasenke tradition of tea and speaks Japanese, helped the young students understand the meaning and importance of the tea tradition.

Photo by Les Todd/Duke University Photography