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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
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
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At the beginning of year, mainly between 1st to 3rd on January, many Japanese visit shrine to pray for happy life in the year. This custom is called as “Hatsumoude”. Shizuoka prefecture has many shrines popular with people. Some of them are special … Continue reading
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The book “Tenkabito no Cha”, literally meaning “tea of ruler”, led me realize one of the aspects of teaism. That is spiritual liberation. According to descriptions in the book, Sen no Rikyu, one of the best tea masters in the … Continue reading
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Flower arrangement has been related to teaism for a long time. Teamasters have philosophy to embody the beauty in their life, thus they create the beauty in tea ceremony using flower decoration as a practice of their philosophy. OKAKURA Tenshin, … Continue reading
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There are tremendous diversity in flavor and style of teas worldwide due to the spanning centuries of craft, thousands of miles of geography and terroir. In this event, various tea devotees will provide the variety of worldwide teas in respective … Continue reading
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Sekiun-in temple is one of the traditional Buddhism temples in Makinohara city. <Basic Information> Address : Sakaguchi 1251, Makinohara city, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan Access : It takes 10 minutes on foot from Sekiun-in Temple Observation deck in Mt. Fuji Shizuoka … Continue reading
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The Expo of agriculture-related cultures in rural area, named as “Haru Satoyama Haku”, will be held from 5th May to 6th April around Ooi river, involving northern Makinohara upland. This expo of green-tourism has multihued programs in each day, such as … Continue reading
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There is an unique legend for the origin of tea (Camellia Sinensis), apart from the famous Chinese legend of discovery by Shennong[082]*, the mythical emperor in China. *Shennong’s Story is introduced in many websites, especially China.org.cn is very easily understandable. … Continue reading