Sterilize by Japanese Tea

I’m so afraid of swine flu. 
To wash your hands and gargle after returning home are very important to prevent flu.

Catechin contained in Japanese green tea has  an antibacterial action and an antiviral effect. There are people who gargle to prevent from the cold by using Japanese green tea after extracting some times in Japan. 

Moreover, how about the bath of Japanese green tea? Put the used tea leaves wrapped in a kitchen paper into the bath. Sterilization and a deodorant action the catechin of green tea are good for your health and beautiful skin. And an unpleasant smell is erased. Plus you can refresh mentally and physically by the smell of green tea having the effect of relax.

Tonight I take green tea bath. Of course I used the tea leaves after extracting three times.

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Beauty and the Japanese Tea

Japanese green tea has the effects for beautiful skin and anti-aging. Vitamin A, C, and E that green tea abundantly contains keep your skin beautiful and forestall aging.

Most of effects for beautiful skin are made by working of vitamin A and C. Vitamin A makes mucous membranes such as the skin, noses, and throats strong, and improves the immunity. Immunity acquired by vitamin A controls breeding of the acne bacterium that causes acne, and it is effective against the troubles of the skins such as a dry skin and psoriasis also.

Vitamin C is known to an element required for the synthesis of collagen which has a cosmetic advantage. Vitamin C helps the generation of collagen, and brings the skin’s suppleness. Moreover, it is effective to change a black melanin into the reduced melanin and to combat freckles , and to decrease cholesterol.

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2016 Olympic Games to Tokyo

Tokyo is one of the candidate city for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Back in the year 2000, Osaka was the candidate city for 2008 Summer Olympic Games, however as you know, Beijing won. Osaka is my birth place, so I was really dreaming that the Olympic Games being hold in Osaka.

Few day ago, IOC members visited Tokyo to evaluate the plan of Tokyo for Olympic Games. There is big difference between Osaka and Tokyo’s invitation activities. What is it? It is involvement of Japan government. Government was not supportive when Osaka planned to invite Olympic Games. I don’t know the reason, but it was somehow mortifying to me.

Now I work in Tokyo, I hope Tokyo to win the bid

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Cool Samurai Helmet

Now, Naoe Kanetsugu who was a Japanese samurai has grown in popularity in Japan. Because this year’s hero of the historical drama which every year NHK(Japanese state channel) broadcasts for a year, is Naoe Kanetsugu.
Despite Naoe Kanetsugu was a just warrior serving Uesugi Kenshin and Uesugi Kagekatsu, he is so popular that his drama was made. It’s true that he was so faithful samurai warrior Japanese likes and there are some interesting anecdotes about him.But,what makes him so popular?
I think one of the best reasons is that his samurai helmet is pretty gorgeous.
Watch this!

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Tea Keep You Awake

Tea contains caffeine.

Since caffeine has a stimulant effect to get the brain to fire more efficiently, caffeine is useful for keeping awake.As naming of caffeine came from coffee,
coffee is  best known as caffeinated drink. But actually  red tea has caffeine much than coffee.

Japanese green tea contains caffeine too. Sencha has about one-half of the caffeine contained in coffee. Gyokuro has about 4 times of the caffeine  contained in coffee! Unlike in coffee, the caffeine in Japanese green tea act gently as the stimulant. Because theanine contained in Japanese green tea inhibit the stimulant action of the caffeine. Therefore, it may be said that Japanese green tea has a optimum stimulant effect.

If you drink a cup of Japanese green tea every morning, you have a lot of energy.

Table.Caffeine content of beverages

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Japanese Tea for Next Generation Espresso

Web 2.0 zillionaires choice Japanese tea and no more espresso. According to the article in wired.com, these zillionaires are fond of drinking tea and in Silicon Valley, tea is pushing out the place for coffee.

Big wave is really coming, but will tea market grow and replace Starbucks? It may take time, but I hope so. But I also love espresso, so I don’t want tea to totally replace espresso

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The Tea Harvest Seasons of Uji

Like Toku said,the first harvest season of Japanese tea is beginning.The tea plant is very vigorous.If you pick tea leaves off the tea plant, the new sprout appears in the plant soon after picking.So tea is picked about three-four times a year in Japan.

The first season is from early-April to late-May.The tea harvested this season is called Ichiban-Cha or Shincha(first picked tea) and tastes even better than other harvest seasons.Because it contains a lot of nourishment saved from autumn(last harvest season) to spring in tea plant. Ichiban-Cha is rich in taste and flavor.

The second harvest season is from mid-June to late-July and the third harvest season is from early-August to early September.The tea quality is getting worse as fall approaches.Sweetness and taste decreases , and bitterness and astringency increase.

In Uji, tea is picked only two times a year.Uji tea made of only first picked tea and second picked tea.So the annual harvest of tea in Uji(Kyoto) is only 3% of Japan’s total harvest but Uji tea has a lot of confidence in the taste.

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Matcha Flavored Chocolates

Now it is season of Shincha, the first harvest of Japanese tea. In this season, not only Japanese tea market is prospering, but also chocolates and candy bar market. When I went to convenient store near my home, I found various kinds of Matcha flavored chocolates. Japanese people really love Matcha flavor!

Matcha Flavored Chocolates...Yum!

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Japan Loves Sakura

In Japan,the sakura (the cherry blossoms) are now in full bloom.One of the pleasures of life among the Japanese is sakura　viewing. Sakura viewing is　holding a sake drinking party beneath a grove of cherry trees in full bloom.
Still,I often wonder why Japanese loves sakura so much.

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Japanese famous women named Sakura

Name a song

This is too love? But,I really love sakura. I have already been to Sakura viewing twice this spring.To love sakura is Japanese instinct!

In Yoyogi park

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The Hives Is Playing in Japan Now

Today I went to The Hives’s live at SHIBUYA-AX.
The Hives are a Swedish rock band and one of the best garage rock bands.
Check out their audio and music videos!
http://www.thehivesbroadcastingservice.com/
http://www.myspace.com/thehives

Of course,their songs are very cool. More than anything,their live performances are amazing !
What a concert tonight’s is! They really blew my mind.It’s the second time I have seen their play live and both times I have been blown away.

 ”Hate to Say I Told You So !”  is a greatest song ! Tonight’s performance is really amazing too !

 I’m very very tired.  good night!   (-.-)zzzzzZZZ

 My recommendation Your New Favorite Band

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