CHAKURA provided teas on World Tea Festival 2016

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“CHAKURA”, the retail division of Kikusui Tea Production Cooperative, made a sale of their teas in World Tea Festival 2016. Mr. Murata, the division head, promoted their first flush teas and black tea “KOHAKU” to visitors.     Served tea … Continue reading

Flower Arrangements for Tea Ceremony

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Flower arrangement has been related to teaism for a long time. Teamasters have philosophy to embody the beauty in their life, thus they create the beauty in tea ceremony using flower decoration as a practice of their philosophy. OKAKURA Tenshin, … Continue reading

Hachiju-Hachiya Tea as a Mother’s Day Gift

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Second Sunday of May is Mother’s day in many countries. First flush of Hachiju-Hachiya is recommended as a candidate of the best gifts for mother. In Japan, first tea produced at Hachiju-Hachiya, 1st May in this year, is believed to … Continue reading

Taste-Rich Makinohara Tea Sold in Many Shops!

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Sales of first flush teas gain momentum at the beginning of May. Makinohara tea is popular in Shizuoka city too.   Makinohara teas are sold in the fancy and famous store “Kinzaburo” in Cha-machi area, which means town for tea industry, … Continue reading

Japanese Confection “Kashiwa-mochi” with Tea for Children’s Day

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5th May is celebrated as one of the Japanese National Holidays so-called “Children’s Day”. In this holiday, many Japanese eat the traditional Japanese confection, “Kashiwa-mochi”, rice cake containing sweet soy paste wrapped in an oak leaf. Kashiwa-mochi is believed as … Continue reading

Green Tea of Early First Flush by NAITO-EN – Green Wealth for Wellness

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Sales of first flush teas gain momentum at the beginning of May. NAITO-EN, the fancy retail shop of tea products in Makinohara city, has already started to sell the first teas. This shop sells individual packages of each product for … Continue reading