Season 1

This program spotlights green tea, a celebrated Japanese beverage with a 1,000-year history. The Japanese enjoy green tea in various aspects of daily life: with meals, during workday tea breaks, and when hosting visitors at their homes and offices. Our reporter visits traditional tea stores in Tsukiji, explores a vast green tea field at the foot of Mt. Fuji, and introduces the traditional process of tea making and tea culture, which is deeply rooted in Japanese society.