The community of the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia greatly mourns the passing of Terry Yoshida Sherwin. She was admired and beloved for her gentle manner and caring ways as an inspiring educator and leader. Having started the practice of tea (chado) over 30 years ago, in 2018 she was honored with the tea name (chamei) Soya (宗弥) from the Urasenke Tea School in Kyoto. The name paid homage to her father, Yasohichi Yoshida, who had immigrated from Japan to the US as a small ch...
