In 1963, the late Sokuchusai Sosho was sent to Hawaii as a cultural
ambassador by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. He dedicated
kencha tea at the Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery for the
soldiers who died in World War II and to pray for World Peace.
In Millennium 2000, his son, the present Iemoto Jimyosai Sosho
dedicated kencha tea on U.S.S. Battleship Missouri to the American and
Japanese military personnel and civilians who perished during World
War II, to pray for World Peace, and for continuation of friendship
between the United States and Japan. The significance of the U.S.S.
Battleship Missouri is that this is where the surrender and peace
ceremony were held at the end of World War II.
