May 2 is hachijyuhachi ya (八十八夜), which literally means the 88th nights. Since when? It's been 88 days since risshun (立春), the first day of spring on Feb. 4.
It is the peak of tea picking. The new tea picked this day is said to be the best tea in the year.
Tea is one of the most popular beverages in Japan. There are many different tea such as sencha (煎茶), green tea, genmaicha (玄米茶),green tea with roasted brown rice, hojicha (ほうじ茶), roasted tea, maccha (抹茶), powdered green tea, gyokuro (玉露), best green tea and so on. Cha (茶) means tea. Green tea contains vitamin C and catechin which are good for your health. Green tea is drunk straight.
I hope you will try Japanese tea.
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