Chatsubo decorated with a string knot
This is 'Chatsubo' （tea jar） in which matcha tea leaves are preserved.
In Uji, Kyoto
Tea leaves picked in early summer were packed in the tea jar.
For six months, the tea jars were stored at a cool high altitude to mature the tea leaves.
Around November, the tea jars were transported to Edo (present-day Tokyo).
During the Edo period (1603-1867), tea jars for the shogun were transported from Kyoto to Edo .
It was called 'Chatsubo Dochu' means procession of tea jars because it looked like a procession of daimyo (feudal lords), accompanied by many people.
