{"id":21224,"date":"2022-09-06T22:22:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T22:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teplotea.com\/ochanoko-saisai\/"},"modified":"2024-09-09T12:58:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T12:58:01","slug":"ochanoko-saisai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teplotea.com\/en\/ochanoko-saisai\/","title":{"rendered":"I looked into the origin of ‘Ocha no Ko Saisai."},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Ocha no Ko Saisai’ is such a familiar term that it might be the first one that comes to mind when thinking of tea-related words. However, since the meanings of ‘ocha no ko’ and ‘saisai’ are not immediately clear, I decided to look into it a bit.<\/p>

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First, I looked up “ocha no ko” in a dictionary and found that it doesn’t refer to the child of tea or young tea buds, but rather to a snack or light meal served with tea.<\/p>

So what about “saisai”?
Since there wasn’t a clear explanation in the dictionary, I checked the etymology dictionary for “ocha no ko saisai” and found that “saisai” comes from the chant “saisai” in the folk song “Nonno-ko-bushi” from Nagasaki and Isahaya. By the way, “nonno-ko” is a dialect term from Isahaya meaning “cute child.” As “saisai” is a chant word, it seems there is no corresponding kanji for it. As a side note, there’s also a shochu named “Nonno-ko” from Saga that I’d like to try.<\/p>

So “ocha no ko saisai” originates from the idea of casually enjoying tea snacks and being able to joke around lightly.<\/p>

Another interesting tidbit about tea has been added to my collection.<\/p>

That\u2019s the origin of “ocha no ko saisai.”<\/p>

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