ChaChaNoMa – Finest Café Restaurant of Japanese Tea

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ChaChaNoMa brews specialty Japanese teas by the perfect way to each tea cultivar and terroir, with fancy cuisines of Japanese sweets. This café serves cups of specialty tea by the unique style. At first, loose leaf tea itself is served … Continue reading

Ejima – Long-Establised Tea Store in Odawara City

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Ejima is one of the most long-established tea stores in Japan, which has sold Sencha Japanese tea since 1661 in Odawara city, Kanagawa prefecture. Its being impresses its deep history, implying many customers have been demanding the teas of Ejima. … Continue reading

Ocean Sports with Teas

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As getting hot, demand for cool beverage increases. Cool teas are perfect beverage for ocean sports due to their benefitial constituents such as minerals, amino acids (especially theanine is efficient for concentration), caffeine, etc. I have never forget to bring green tea to … Continue reading

Charm of the Vision in the United Tea Estates of Shizuoka

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Unconscious encounter to tea plantation in Shizuoka is one of the best joys in Japan journey. Tea estates in Shizuoka will welcome everyone with their fantastic landscapes. If you find the hidden vision of subtle and profound beauty around tea … Continue reading

Peak of First Flush Production in Shizuoka

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Tea production of 1st flush tea has reached its peak in Shizuoka! In each tea estate, scenes of tea plucking come to our eyes. And then, we come to find the color difference between tea plantations before and after plucking. … Continue reading

Hachiju Hachiya – 88th night from Imbolc

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Today is “Hachiju Hachiya”, the best day for tea plucking, over 88 nights from Imbolc. Lately tea plucking on Makinohara upland reaches its peak at the end of April, approximately from 24th April to 2th May. However the peak period … Continue reading