The mission of Mellow Monk Green Tea is to provide our customers with green tea grown and processed by family-owned and -operated farms in Japan. This blog is a forum for presenting not just information about our green tea and our growers, but also topics related to this mission, including green tea in general, health and wellness, and philosophies conducive to living a mellow life. This blog also covers Japan: the people, the culture, and all things Japanese.
At Tokyo's Kanda Shrine on January 4, businessmen flocked to receive a special blessing for prosperous business in '06.
On this day, considered the official start of business (shigotohajime) in the new year, roughly three thousand companies sent representatives to the shrine, which is located close to the business districts of Ohtemachi and Marunouchi.
—Mellow Monk
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According to a study reported in the Journal of Marriage and Family, cellphones worsen stress, primarily by blurring the boundary between home and work.
Interviews with working couples — many with children — revealed that cellphone use tends to decrease family satisfaction and increase distress. "People felt they couldn't turn them off," says Noelle Chesley, a sociologist at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, who conducted the study. "I couldn't find evidence of benefits."
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