Overview
- The imperial couple toured the festival at Sunshine City in Tokyo’s Toshima Ward on October 31, spending about an hour visiting prefectural booths and speaking with producers.
- At the Tokushima Prefecture booth, they viewed a newly developed moringa herbal tea colored a clear blue by Awa indigo.
- They listened to exhibitors describe recent extreme heat harming crop yields and quality.
- They sampled cold-brew green tea as part of their walk-through of specialty offerings.
- The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries holds the event annually to broaden public understanding of food, continuing a tradition of visits that began for the prince in 1987 and became a joint custom after their 1990 marriage.