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World Tea Festival 2019 will be held between 10th and 12th May in the Tea Museum Shizuoka, Greenpia Makinohara and Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport. The festival will provide us with various programs. I’d like to share the information and introduce … Continue reading
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In the first flush season, many tea businesses provide events of hand-plucking experience. Today I’d like to introduce some recommended spots for the experience and related activities. (1) First Flush Fair in Fujinokuni Tea Museum Fujinokuni Tea Museum will hold … Continue reading
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NARUSAWA is a souvenir shop locating next to Nirayama Reverberatory Furnances, which is one of the sites of World Heritage “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining“. The shop provides not only local foods including … Continue reading
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Tea shoots of 2nd flush are growing now! In this year, the beginning of 1st flush was later than the average, thus it is considered that plucking of 2nd flush will start on the middle of June. Most of 2nd … Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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