{"product_id":"obukucha-sencha","title":"Obukucha — Sencha","description":"\u003cp\u003eObukucha is an auspicious tea served on celebratory occasions such as New Year, Setsubun and weddings, in the hope of happiness and good health.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSencha from Shizuoka is blended with fukuume plum, brown rice and gold leaf, giving a fresh taste in which the sweetness of the tea, the tartness of the plum and the toasted brown rice come together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Kyoto and the wider Kansai region there is a custom of drinking obukucha at New Year, to clear away the misfortune of the year and welcome the new one.\u003cbr\u003eObukucha is said to date from the Heian period, when, during an epidemic, a monk gave tea to the sick and they recovered.\u003cbr\u003eFollowing this, the emperor of the time began to take tea each New Year's Day.\u003cbr\u003eDrinking tea then spread as a New Year observance, and the tea the emperor took came to be called oubukucha, the tea of the sovereign.\u003cbr\u003eAt some point the auspicious tea for celebrating the new year became known as obukucha, and by one account it has been passed down in that form to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease consider obukucha for your own celebrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ctable style=\"border-collapse:collapse;\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:.35em .9em .35em 0;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:600;\"\u003eType\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:.35em 0;\"\u003eGreen tea with ume plum\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:.35em .9em .35em 0;white-space:nowrap;font-weight:600;\"\u003eContents\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:.35em 0;\"\u003e10 tea bags × 3 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll sizes other than the 10-tea-bag pack are bulk goods, supplied in aluminium packaging. The 10-tea-bag pack is the retail format for the Japanese market.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE TEA BAR","offers":[{"title":"3g×10TB×1缶","offer_id":53526077243711,"sku":"FLV-20068-TB10缶","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true},{"title":"100g×1袋","offer_id":55545662275903,"sku":"FLV-20068-100G","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true},{"title":"500g×1袋","offer_id":55545662308671,"sku":"FLV-20068-500G","price":8400.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true},{"title":"1kg×1袋","offer_id":55545662341439,"sku":"FLV-20068-1KG","price":16700.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true},{"title":"3g×100TB×1袋","offer_id":55545662374207,"sku":"FLV-20068-TB100袋","price":9500.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/1280\/1087\/files\/leaf-2000_12537e0f-89b6-4d23-8f4e-dc8231eed3cb.jpg?v=1789439446","url":"https:\/\/wholesale.theteabarjapan.com\/products\/obukucha-sencha","provider":"THE TEA BAR \/ カネカ北川製茶","version":"1.0","type":"link"}