Japanese Tea

This is the season of picking flesh tea.
“Shincya” is sold in May.

Tea leaves are picked several times a year.
“Shincya” is made from the first leaves of spring.

It has less caffeine and catechins (the source of bitterness) than teas made from older leaves harvested in summer and fall.
It also has more amino acids, the source of umami and sweetness.

At some tea farms, passengers can pick flesh tea leaves.


Japanese people loves tea.
Japanese tea is beautiful green.
That comese from immediate heat processing of the leaves, which prevents fermentation.

You can get  plastic bottoles of Japanese tea at convenience store.
But it is more elegant to serve tea from “Kyusu”(Japanese tea pot).


Tea ceremony is Japanese traditional culture.
You can enjoy traditionl style of tea ceremony too.

The summit and Japanese pearls

Ise-Shima summit will be held this week.

Ise-Shima, Mie prefecture is famous for pearls.

Pearl pins will be given to the visiting heads of state, and that there is an island in the prefecture named Pearl Island.

The island, which is not far from the summit venue, is a Mie native by the name of Kokichi Mikimoto became a successful pearl farmer.

Mikimoto is a perl brand and has a famous building at Ginza, Tokyo.

Mamachari–Japanese bicycle

I everyday take “mamachari”, a kinds of bicycle.
It is very usefle to carry children.
“Mamachari”  is different from regular bicycles in several ways.

Cup noodle of “BUBUKA” , Japanese oil soba

It is very hard to go to the ramen shop with children.
There are many popular ramen shops where there is only a counter and narrow space.
It is unsuitable for a child to let sit down anyware.
I have not been going to the ramen shop that I used to go when I was a bachelor either.
There are few good ramen shops I go to with children.
I can taste the flavor of the well-known ramen shop with cup noodles recently.
Of course, it is different from eating in a shop.
I am thankful of the taste of delicious ramen soup.



This photograph is cup noodles of “Bubuka”.
It is the first ramen shop of the “oil soba” without soup.
Many shops sell these menus now,
I think that “Bubuka” is the best.


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There was a shop of “Bubuka” with tables.
However,  the closing of  shops continues,
the only shop is in Kichijoji.