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On 7th and 8th September, “Tea Museum Shizuoka” opens till night time. We can enjoy night views of the museum and night tea ceremony in the traditional tea house “Shoumokurou”. Although the tea ceremony was full yesterday unfortunately, I could … Continue reading
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The University of Shizuoka has a special department of tea science “Tea Science Center”, where various researchers join and study a wide variety of academic theme of tea. The Tea Science Center regularly hold open seminars for students and those … Continue reading
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The vendors application form is now open for the World Tea Trade Fair, which will be held on 7th – 10th November in the World Tea Festival 2019. The World Tea Trade Fair is the great opportunity to sell your … Continue reading
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Some Japanese Tea Enthusiasts are now making a film “Japanese Tea Documentary”. Their goal is to share the current outlook of Japanese tea worldwide from the perspective of tea lovers. The authors describe their passions on the announcement page of … Continue reading
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My day-by-day trials searching new aspects of tea as food ingredients or seasonings could let me find a wonderful way to use fresh first flush Sencha as a seasoning. That is “Cha-Miso”, which means Miso paste mixed with first flush Sencha. … Continue reading
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In the spring session of the World Tea Festival 2019, visitors enjoyed sightseeing on Makinohara upland. The festival provided a program “Chabatake Walking”, in which visitors enjoyed walking through tea plantation on Makinohara upland with sightseeing and tea experiences in … Continue reading
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In the spring session of World Tea Festival 2019, the Tea Museum Shizuoka provides fantastic experiences of “Kirei Sabi” elegance. “Kirei Sabi” is a sense of beauty established by Kobori Enshu. This sense is described as “the Japanese aesthetic of … Continue reading
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World Tea Festival 2019 provides us with a wide variety of programs till 12th May! Even in the weekday 10th May, many people visited the venues and enjoyed various programs. I’d like to share the scenes in the spring event … Continue reading
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Today is Hachiju Hachiya, the 88th night from the Lichun and the day perfect to tea plucking. Yesterday, the Japanese national era changed to “Reiwa” from “Heisei”. Tea plucking and crude tea production has been carried out over the era. … Continue reading
The tea estate on the Makinohara upland has been cultivated since 1869, at the beginning of Meiji Era. This year 2019 is the 150th anniversary of the establishment of tea estate on Makinohara upland. I’m planning to review the history … Continue reading