Shaved ice flavored with sweet syrup, a popular summer snack. Many people make it at home with simple ice-shaver equipment. Tea made from unhulled, roasted barley. The roasted barley is boiled and steeped, then chilled. A mild, unsweetened beverage, it satisfies the thirst of Japan't hot summers.
People drink more beer in the summertime, often with the seasonal eda-mame .
Eda-mame are soybeans picked while they are still bright green and soft. They are boiled in the pod in salt water and eaten out of the pod. Summer break would be the greatest, if only there weren't any homework. Look at me. I'm going to juku classes every day to get ready for the college entrance exams.