This gallery contains 4 photos.
The best season of cherry blossoms has gone at the end of spring. Around tea plantations, other elegant flowers start blooming. Their purple color delight us, with telling us the summer beginning. On the Makinohara upland, we can look purple … Continue reading
This gallery contains 5 photos.
The end of spring gave us a mystical view of Japanese cherry blossoms with tea plantation in Kawane region in Shimada city. The Japanese cherry tree “Sakura” is called as “Mizume Sakura in Ushinshiro”. This subtle and profound tree is … Continue reading
This gallery contains 6 photos.
Finally tea buds start opening in Shizuoka. Tea research center of Shizuoka prefecture reported the sprouting rate in its plantation reached 35% on 13th April, which is about 10 days later than normal. Sprouting tea buds were observed in the Sumpu … Continue reading
This gallery contains 10 photos.
It is colder than the last year, resulting in later blooming of cherry blossoms. The season of full-blooming for ‘Someiyoshino’ has already been reported to be 4/6, 1 week later than the last year. Today cherry blossoms are still blooming. … Continue reading
This gallery contains 10 photos.
Just a little longer till the first flush of Japanese tea in Shizuoka region. In general, the season of 1st flush starts from the middle of April to the middle of May. Temperature in this spring is colder than the … Continue reading
This gallery contains 8 photos.
A spring tea party was held on 1st and 2nd April on an open-air folk museum “Kyodo no Mori” in Fchu, Tokyo. Tea merchants, tea farmers and tea fanciers provided various teas as they like. Shinkoju, the tea shop specializing … Continue reading