A brilliant emerald-green powder made from the ground tips of the same tea that produces gyokuro, used at the tea ceremony.
The Japanese pine mushroom or matsutake is found in autumn (US: fall), is a delicious and sought-after fungus that grows in the pine forests of Japan. It is a mushroom of the same family as wood blewitt. It has a unique and distinctive flavour and a slightly crisp texture. It grows out of timber. (If gathering mushrooms you must be absolutely certain what you have before you eat them as many are very poisonous.)
May Queen is a variety of potato particularly popular in Japan.
