Women clad in traditional “kasuri” dyed fabric clothes pick new tea leaves in the central Japan city of Nishio, Aichi Prefecture, on May 2, 2022. New tea leaf picking began at the Inariyama tea garden park in the city — known as one of the major matcha production areas in the country — on the 88th day since the beginning of spring in the traditional Japanese calendar, from when farmers typically become busy. The tea farm is covered with sunlight-shielding sheets, which make leaves thin and soft. These leaves apparently…
