A rose by any other name would taste as good as … what kind of tea? Minamata is holding a festival with 5,000 rose bushes of 800 varieties (who’da thunk?) alongside a tea festival where participants can wander about with a porcelain cup to sample 17 different types of Kyushu tea. I assume they have portable toilets. It’s called 「九州和紅茶サミット in みなまた」because “in” in Japanese is for some reason always spelt in romaji. It will be held until 11/17. - William