SoraNews24 —Japan News—

Bringing you yesterday's news from Japan and Asia, today.

RocketNews24 Japanese

Featured

Ninja and geisha green tea cats are here to keep you company during your at-home tea time

A spot of traditional culture to go with your spot of tea.

There’s nothing better than relaxing at home with a nice cup of tea…unless you start to get lonely half-way through and the tranquil quiet becomes a deafening silence. Ideally it’s best to have an attentive companion who’s a great listener…and if that companion also happens to be an adorable illustrated cat, so much the better.

The Japan Cat Cafe green tea series is a bundle of three bags of Japanese green tea, perfectly sized for an individual cup. But instead of being attached to a flimsy piece of string, the bags are held in place by one of three felines who represent different aspects of Japanese history and culture.

Stealthily leading the way is Masaru, a ninja tabby whose mission is to guard your cup of tea with his shuriken.

Less intimidating and more refined is Mimi, a maiko (apprentice geisha) cat sporting kanzashi hair accessories and whose official backstory says she’s proficient in playing the shamisen and classical Japanese dance, and has also taken an interest in polishing her English conversation skills.

And last there’s Fuku, whose name means “prosperity” and is modeled after Japan’s maneki neko beckoning cat statues said to draw good luck to homes and places of business.

The tea kitties are offered in a 500-yen (US$4.70) three-pack bundle at Japanese gift and specialty shops, and while the manju sweet bean dumplings in the above photo look like a tasty pairing, those new Mister Donut Kyoto green tea sweets would probably make for an even more delicious combination.

Source, images: PR Times
● Want to hear about SoraNews24’s latest articles as soon as they’re published? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
[ Read in Japanese ]

Like this:

Like Loading…

Related Stories

Trackbacks

  1. There are no trackbacks yet.
  2. Trackback URL

Trending Today

  1. 12-year-old British girl who went missing in Tokyo found safe after visiting anime sites around Yokohama
  2. Stay at a hotel with a bed for your plushie in Japan
  3. Japanese gacha machine in Shibuya now sells tiny capsule terrariums
  4. Visiting Japan’s muscular mascot character dog at his free museum near Kansai International Airport
  5. Best burger in Tokyo? JB’s serves up a cheap craft burger that not a lot of people know about
  6. Study finds hundreds of people in Indonesia legally named after Naruto, Inuyasha, other anime stars
  7. 12-year-old foreign tourist missing in Japan, police asking for help finding her [Video]
  8. Body of missing foreign tourist in Japan found floating off coast of town he was last seen in
  9. Teen girl in Japan refuses to be victim, personally escorts train pervert to police for arrest
  10. Google’s first Google Store outside the U.S. is now open in Tokyo

© SoraNews24 —Japan News— / SOCIO CORPORATION

Powered by WordPress VIP

%d