Ochakko

I joined the meeting of victims of Fukushima nuclear accident

We made candles

The university studebnt volunteer graduated from Ochakko meeting

He helped from 4years ago

Especially, he played with children

He is going to Thailand as teacher

I think that he can be a good teacher !!

 Thank you for all ♥

Sencha tea

I had sencha tea with beans sweets.
A cup of sencha tea was made by Maruhi tea estate at Makinohara, Shizuoka.
And beans were called Gonzai beans made by Kashiwa-ya at Koriyama, Fukushima.
Thank you.

Serving tea at Fukushima

I went to serve teas for mothers with little children at Fukushima.

There are problems of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
Mothers has stress of radiation fear every day.
I think that a cup of tea give care for them.

Flowering tea by 春風秋月,
Koku-cha, pan fried tea by Mr.Kajiwara,

Wakocha, Yamagiri no Kaori, Japanese black tea by Umegashima,

and Phoenix Dan Cong Oolong by Ms.Nakaya.
Thank you for all.

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.

Sencha tea

I also went to Nihonmats in Fukushima.

This  high-grade Japanese fresh confections was made by Tamashimaya in Nihonmatsu.
It likes a camellia flower.

With sencha tea of Umegashima ,Shizuoka.

take a rest

I joined the conference at Nihonmatsu,Fukushima.
I took a rest with a cup of Matcha at the bus stop.

 

Nihonmatsu is under about 60km from The Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant.

Nobody harvest persimmon fruits.

Okowa with Wakocha

I had Okowa ,steamed rice , with Wakocha.

This Okowa is called Kaitaku okowa /開拓おこわ and made by Hirata-ya in Koriyama,Fukushima.
Wakocha is made by Takeuchi tea estate in Makinohara,Shizuoka.

 

Koriyama was poor watered area.

In the Edo period ,the canal project was done to draw water from Lake Inawashiro beyond the mountains.
 A total of 850,000 people involved, and spent three years.
This Okowa was made with the pain.

Matcha

I went to meet my friend to Koriyama/郡山,Fukushima.

My friend have counselings for women.
As Fukushima, there are problems of radiation,  the situation is different from other areas.

We had Ousu-cha/お薄茶 in Nodate / 野点.

We had Soba for lunch at Ryusenbou/隆仙坊.

Soba with tempura

The Japanese style restaurant

There is a radiation measuring instrument in the park.

And we had  the street shop of pan-fried noodles /焼きそば.

He lived in Namie /浪江 that located only 3km from the Fukushima 1st nuclear power plants.

He lost his house and his shop.