Asunaro

Black ship wakes up

On June 3, 1853, two state-of-the-art steamships and two sailing ships, led by M.C. Perry, Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies of the United States of America, appeared off Uraga. The so-called "Black Ship's Coming".

'I wake up Taihei's sleep and I can't sleep at night with four cups of tsuta selected by Joki'
　
This is a song that expresses the characteristics of tea and the situation at the time, with the meaning of the luxury tea "Kamikisen" and the steamboat, and the meaning of the steamboat "four cups" meaning four ships.
　
Not only in Edo shogunate, but also among the common people, the sense of crisis brought a strong interest in black ships.
　
There is a hotly baked confectionery in late Tokugawa shogunate.

Black ship wakes up

Founded in 1850, the confectionery shop created "North and South America Manju" in which Japanese sweets were baked in a kettle in 1853, and became a popular product.
　
How about tea making the taste of the opening country that we still convey today?

Black ship wakes up

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