{"id":1859,"date":"2022-04-19T04:49:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T10:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/?p=1859"},"modified":"2024-05-01T14:06:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T20:06:10","slug":"japanese-teas-celebrate-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/japanese-teas-celebrate-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Springtime In Japan Means Cherry Blossoms, Festivals, Seasonal Foods \u2014 and Tea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Springtime In Japan Means Cherry Blossoms, Festivals, Seasonal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/japanese-teas-and-food\/\">Foods \u2014 and Tea<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Springtime around the world is synonymous with blossoms. Tulips in the Netherlands. Bluebonnets in Texas, and poppies in California\u2019s Mojave Desert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the union of region and spring flowers is probably no more iconic than in Japan, where the country\u2019s cherry blossoms, or sakura, emerge in abundance every year between March and early May, depending on the location. In Japan, cherry blossoms are the national flower, and they drive immense amounts of tourism from Hokkaido in the far north to Nagasaki in southern Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also are shorthand for Japan. In many minds, a photo of trees so heavy with pink blossoms that they droop instantly brings to mind the island nation of Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spring in Japan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Climates vary quite a bit between <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hokkaido\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Hokkaido<\/span><\/a>, a far northern Japanese island that experiences heavy snowfall and cold temperatures, and Kyushu, the country\u2019s most southern island. But while the spring experience may vary, the time period is roughly that same: from March to May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But cherry blossoms aren\u2019t the only flowering attractions. Another celebration revolves around the annual wisteria blooms in Tochigi\u2019s Ashikaga Flower Park and Fukuoka\u2019s Kawachi Wisteria Garden. Similarly, the flowers nemophila (also called \u201cbaby blue eyes\u201d) are famous in Ibaraki, and Nara is known for its azaleas.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/paola-f-6FPdkAWEdR4-unsplash-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/paola-f-6FPdkAWEdR4-unsplash-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/paola-f-6FPdkAWEdR4-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/paola-f-6FPdkAWEdR4-unsplash-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/paola-f-6FPdkAWEdR4-unsplash-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/paola-f-6FPdkAWEdR4-unsplash-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/paola-f-6FPdkAWEdR4-unsplash-1600x1065.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Blooming wisteria is also a Japanese floral attraction.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Spring, too, is the best time to tour tea plantations, especially before harvests begin. The green plantations draw photographers and tourists galore, eager to capture the first tea leaves and buds before they get harvested and turned into the best beverage in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Japanese are famously seasonal eaters, and food figures into the spring as well. During the month, wild greens, bamboo shoots and Japanese butterbur emerge, and Japanese people incorporate them into meals. The season also brings soft seaweed, clams and a fish called Japanese halfbeak that people eat with abandon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/jeremy-bezanger-0QgbyZdhX7k-unsplash-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/jeremy-bezanger-0QgbyZdhX7k-unsplash-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/jeremy-bezanger-0QgbyZdhX7k-unsplash-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/jeremy-bezanger-0QgbyZdhX7k-unsplash-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/jeremy-bezanger-0QgbyZdhX7k-unsplash-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/jeremy-bezanger-0QgbyZdhX7k-unsplash-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/jeremy-bezanger-0QgbyZdhX7k-unsplash-1-1600x1067.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Japanese farmers raise some of the finest strawberries in the world. And Japanese consumers go crazy for them.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Strawberries are revered in Japan, and farmers across the country grow some of the world\u2019s finest. Strawberry picking is enormously popular in spring. Restaurants even have entire dessert buffets dedicated to the fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, in May the country hosts many Shinto festivals, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kanamara_Matsuri\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Kanamara Matsuri<\/span> <\/a>festival in Kawasaki that honors marriage and conception.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Colorado\u2019s Front Range, spring brings bulbs like crocuses and irises, flowering apple and pear trees, lilacs and the first wildflowers. It also delivers wind! We\u2019ll take a boulevard draped in flowering plum trees over a wind-whipped, brown patch of high plains any day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Japanese Teas to Celebrate Spring: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/product\/Sakura%20Cherry%20Green%20Tea\/486\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sakura Cherry Green Tea<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sakura-tea.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sakura-tea.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sakura-tea-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sakura-tea-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Our Sakura Cherry Green Tea combines sencha with cherry blossoms and chips.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Eager to get your spring on, Japanese style? One option is to fly to Japan. This year, the trees have already bloomed in most of the country. But they are still buds in far-northern Hokkaido.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/canned.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1868\" width=\"204\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/canned.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/canned-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/canned-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Another option: try our Sakura Cherry Green tea. This delicious and rich-colored blend combines Japanese sencha green tea, sakura petals and pieces of cherry. The combination of Japanese sencha, with its characteristic grassy and herbal qualities, with the perfume of sakura blossoms and the subtle sweetness of cherry, yields a special tea.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We love it so much that we used the tea for one of our ready-to-drink brews. We carry more than 200 kinds of tea at Ku Cha, but only four ready-to-drink canned teas. The fact that we chose Sakura Cherry Green tea for the ready-to-drink line is telling: we love it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Japanese Teas to Celebrate Spring: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/product\/Plum%20Green%20Tea\/2615\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Plum Green Tea<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/plum-tea-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1863\" width=\"571\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/plum-tea-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/plum-tea-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/plum-tea-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/plum-tea-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/plum-tea-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/plum-tea-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/plum-tea-1600x1600.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Plums are widely popular across Asia, including Japan. Blending them with tea is common.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Combining plum and green tea is a fairly common practice across Asia, including in Japan. Plums represent another fruit beloved by the Japanese. In fact umeboshi, or pickled plums, are widely incorporated into Japanese foods, including the Japanese version of the sandwich, onigiri, which are rice cakes swaddling ingredients (including umeboshi) and wrapped in seaweed. The vinegar used to pickle the plums is also quite popular across Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to green tea and plums, this tea includes kombucha powder, which enhances digestion. In all, our Plum Green Tea helps reduce fatigue, stimulate appetite and reduce inflammation. It is outstanding, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/spring-harvest-tea\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">perfect for spring<\/mark><\/a> too, as plum trees blanket Japan and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/spring-teas\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">bloom every spring<\/mark><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Springtime In Japan Means Cherry Blossoms, Festivals, Seasonal Foods \u2014 and Tea Springtime around the world is synonymous with blossoms.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[356],"tags":[378,382],"class_list":["post-1859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seasonal-tea","tag-celebration-tea","tag-japanese-tea-benefits"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Teas to celebrate spring in the land of cherry blossoms - Japan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Japan in spring bursts with flowers. 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