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Addison Del Mastro
Jun 20, 2025
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Who drank all the matcha? How tourism drained a Japanese town, BBC, Marina Wang, June 6, 2025

First of all, yes, we visited Uji and tried to buy matcha powder from one of the famous stores. We ended up finding some in Kyoto. There really is a big matcha fad right now, and no doubt a lot of the people buying the stuff don’t quite appreciate it or know wha…

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