Iitate madeleine

This madeleine was made by women farmers of Iitate village/飯舘村.
Now,they can not live in Iitate village,

because Iitate was polluted by radiation from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
They put and breed seeds of pumpkin in the place of refuge.
The madeleine names "Iitate snow girl".
By Mother's power project.
I had this sweets with sencha tea ,Daikan of Takeuchi tea estate in Shizuoka.

Thank you for all.

Tohoku Tea Relief Caravan

I took part "Tohoku Tea Relief Caravan" at Ashigara/足柄 ,Kanagawa.

Ashigara is mountainous areas in Kanagawa Prefecture and is dotted with tea gardens.

This area was first discovered on tea radiation exposure after Great East Japan Earthquake.

At Ashigara,tea farmers measured radiation their tea leaves and announced themself.

At the time,they first met the radiation probrem.

And they have been actioning on this problem in anguish.

Tea farmer's action shows that they are sincerity for tea.
I believe that farmer's idea will bring good results.

This Bancha/番茶 was made for this day.

The taste was very good.

Radiation contamination of tea

On March 11, 2011, large parts of the city were destroyed by the tsunami which followed the Tōhoku earthquake.
On March 15,Fukushima  Dai-ichi nuclear power plant exploded and radiation diffuse.
In Shizuoka,radiation were  detected from tea leaves.
Many tea farms disposed thier tea leaves.

Japanese Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare announced the new criteria of radiation of tea,on Dec 22.2011.
The following 10Bq / 1000 cc as drinking.
But, the method for brewing tea is not shown.
This is less than 600 Bq / kg as unprocessed tea.
In short, instead of stricter standards, has changed little.

I think that the first plucked tea contaminated radiation but the second, the third decrease .
So, in 2012, new leaves will be less radiation.