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The 88th day, counting from the beginning of spring, is the eighty-eight nights. The tea picked at this time contains a lot of umami ingredients, has high quality, and has two prolong "eight", so it is said that it has good luck.
During this period, tea servants were sent to carry tea served by Edo shogunate generals and tea dedicated to temples and shrines closely related to the Tokugawa family from Uji, Kyoto to Edo Castle.
At its peak, it was a large line of up to 1,000 people.
This procession is said to be "Ochabo Michinaka".
It is sung in a children's song.
The door is chased by a tea pot.
When the middle of the tea pot is approaching,
Until you pass through, enter the house and open the door.
It seems that the authority was second to the imperial envoy to close it.
You can buy new tea from May to July, shortly after picking the first tea.
Tea has a lot of benefits.
Let's spend time at STAY HOME Uchi.
◆Ochabonomaki
From the Digital Collection of the National Diet Library
◆Chanogi Shrine
1-12-11 Ningyocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Tea trees, which are derived from the shrine, are planted around the shrine.
※Photo taken in April 2019