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Hachiju Hachiya – the day 88 days after Imbolc – is considered as a border between spring and summer. The conditions at the boundary could affect the fulfilments of tea industry in Japan in this year. Hachiju Hachiya has been … Continue reading
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Soft Laboratory provides a service of observation tour to Shizuoka Tea Market. In this year 2018, the service has been started from 22nd April and will be provided till 13th May. Shizuoka Tea Market starts the daily trades for crude … Continue reading
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The Shizuoka Tea Market will hold the initial trade session of first flush in this season on 18th April. The timing of initial trade is earlier than the average and 4th earliest in the history. The earlier start of first … Continue reading
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Fujinokuni Tea Museum will re-open from 24th March 2018. The museum has been renovated as a front line of teas information, such as tea industries, culture, history, science and technologies. On 24th and 25th March, the museum hill hold grand … Continue reading
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Happy new year! May Teas and Fortunes Be With You! Speaking fortunes, Japan has a culture of drinking “Fukucha”, which literally means “fortune tea”. Fukucha is a kind of ceremonial teas, drunk at 1st January praying peaceful lives. It is … Continue reading
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In Kimono Salone, Kimono beauties demonstrated tea ceremony. They conducted tea ceremony based on the Omotenashi hospitality mind, which is the key concept in this event. At the opening, a Kimono violinist and a Kimono flower artist performed the opening … Continue reading
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Full moon in October is known as a sign of mid-autumn in Japan, so-called “Chushu no Meigetsu”, which means a grace full moon in the middle of autumn. A charm of the fantastic moon let me take a midnight stroll … Continue reading
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The ministry of agriculture forestry and fishers, so-called “MAFF”, held a public seminar for citizens about how to enjoy Japanese teas in the “room for consumers” on 2nd June. In this event, various teas and related goods from all around … Continue reading
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For 3 days from 18th to 20th March, an agriculture experience of tea nursery planting was held for local people and tea fanciers. This experience event was organized by a tea merchant and a local tea production cooperative in Makinohara, … Continue reading
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“White day” is the day when men send presents for women to express their usual appreciation. This event seems to be unfamiliar in Europe or USA and somehow familiar to east asia. In Japan, men present some confections or flowers … Continue reading