If you are coming to Kyoto， please do enjoy a cup of authentic9 Japanese tea here. Kyoto was the first place where tea was introduced from China over 800 years ago. As tea was expensive in the past， it was also used to show wealth and power. The quality10 of tea in Kyoto is regarded11 as the highest in Japan. You can find matcha（日本抹茶）flavored food and drinks on nearly every street corner.

Green tea ice cream with red beans is the most popular item in hot summer days. A cup of green tea and a piece of green tea cake？ Sounds wonderful on a winter morning. In Kyoto， you can find all green tea products you may not have even imagined before. Some people just love green tea soba（蕎麥面） noodles. A bowl of hot matcha after an icy green tea Popsicle12 is hard to forget.Not to mention matcha mochi（日式糯米團(tuán)）， matcha bread， matcha everything.

There is a reason behind the love of matcha in Japan. Green tea is rich in catechin and vitamin C， it helps prevent13 diseases. Also， drinking green tea can help reduce14 fat. Just like coffee， green tea comes in many flavors and styles. People can choose their favorite or try out different ones for fun.

And， if you take a train down south from Kyoto station， 20 minutes later， you will arrive at Uji， one of the best places to buy green tea souvenirs15. Hot or cold， you can drink delicious green tea by the Uji riverside.

No matter what kind of green tea you are looking for， Kyoto has it all， or even more.

如果你要來(lái)京都，請(qǐng)一定享用一杯原汁原味的日本茶。800多年前，京都是中國(guó)茶到達(dá)日本的第一站。古時(shí)候，茶的價(jià)格昂貴，因此它也成了財(cái)富和權(quán)利的象征。如今，京都的茶葉質(zhì)量仍被公認(rèn)為日本最高等。幾乎每一個(gè)街頭或轉(zhuǎn)角，你都能找到各種各樣的抹茶味食物和飲品。

盛夏，綠茶紅豆冰激凌最受人們的歡迎。一杯熱的綠茶和一塊綠茶蛋糕？絕對(duì)是你在冬日清晨的最佳選擇。在京都，各種綠茶產(chǎn)品超乎你的想象。有人最?lèi)?ài)的就是綠茶味蕎麥面。吃一根綠茶棒冰，再來(lái)一碗熱乎乎的抹茶，實(shí)在讓人難以忘懷。更別提抹茶糯米團(tuán)、抹茶面包和抹茶的一切了。

日本人愛(ài)抹茶是有原因的。綠茶中含有豐富的茶多酚和維生素C，有助于預(yù)防疾病。此外，喝綠茶還能幫助人們減肥。就像咖啡一樣，綠茶也有不同的種類(lèi)和口味。人們可以選擇自己最喜歡的，也可以嘗著玩。

如果搭乘火車(chē)從京都站南下，20分鐘你就能到達(dá)宇治，這里是最適合購(gòu)買(mǎi)綠茶紀(jì)念品的地方。在宇治河邊，你還可以享受一杯或熱或冷的美味綠茶。

無(wú)論你想找的是哪種綠茶，京都應(yīng)有盡有，甚至更多。

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is regarded as ：意思為“被認(rèn)為是”“被看作是”。如：In fact， any kind of street performance can be regarded as a form of busking（街頭賣(mài)藝）. 事實(shí)上，任何類(lèi)別的街頭表演都可以被當(dāng)作一種街頭藝術(shù)形式。