2013/11/06

Tea Lesson on a Train

Thanks to excellent public transportation system around my area, I use it a lot almost everyday, especially subway. And I always find many ads suspended over the center aisle of a train. Ads for new magazines, for a company, for an event…..Always something similar :-(

However, there is one which makes tea-lovers happy in a Kyoto subway. It’s about “How to make good Sencha” sponsored by the municipality in order to promote tea, which is a local specialty. Isn’t that cool?

Let’s learn how to make good Sencha on a train!
 
Ad in a train  -photo by M.Hashimoto-
 
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