By: Audrey Mcavoy, Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP).- For the first time, one of the most traditional and symbolic of Japan’s art forms, the tea ceremony, is due to be performed at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor. The event this week is being planned to honor Americans who died when Japan attacked Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941. Organizers hope it will serve as a gesture of reconciliation between two nations that once fought fiercely, but which now are close allies. Genshitsu Sen, the 88-year-old grand tea master of the Urasenke School of Tea — which is the largest of the three schools of Japanese tea ceremony — is due to perform the ancient ritual Tuesday morning within the white structure that sits above the sunken battleship. Two Pearl Harbor survivors are expected to participate, along with the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Adm. Patrick Walsh. Yoshihiko Kamo, the Japanese consul general in Honolulu, is also du