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Ikedaya is a typical Japanese restaurant in Sagara region of Makinohara city. On a lunch time, we can eat delicious lunch sets of Japanese meal as shown below. Of course, Japanese green tea is served with lunch! There are four … Continue reading
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Ishidatami Chaya is one of the most well-established café restaurants, where a local nice tea is served, in Szhiuoka. This café serves local black tea made by tea farmers in Kanaya region, where is north area of Makinohara upland. This … Continue reading
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Sushiwaka is a Japanese restaurant located on Makinohara upland, cooking mainly sushi and tempura. As you know, sushi and tempura are traditional Japanese cuisine. Sushi is a vinegared rice topped or mixed with various fresh seafoods, mainly row fishes. Tempura … Continue reading
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JA-Hainan supports and holds “Aracha” competitions after first flush season. On the end of May, two competitions were held by a local association of tea farmers and JA-Hainan. In this year, the quality of first flush is evaluated to be … Continue reading
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On 27th May, the trade show of Shizuoka tea will be held in Tokyo. The name of event is “Irodori Mihonichi”, the trade show of multihued Shizuoka teas. In this event, various teas and tea products will be introduced by … Continue reading
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“CHAKURA”, the retail division of Kikusui Tea Production Cooperative, made a sale of their teas in World Tea Festival 2016. Mr. Murata, the division head, promoted their first flush teas and black tea “KOHAKU” to visitors. Served tea … 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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Second Sunday of May is Mother’s day in many countries. First flush of Hachiju-Hachiya is recommended as a candidate of the best gifts for mother. In Japan, first tea produced at Hachiju-Hachiya, 1st May in this year, is believed to … Continue reading
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Sales of first flush teas gain momentum at the beginning of May. Makinohara tea is popular in Shizuoka city too. Makinohara teas are sold in the fancy and famous store “Kinzaburo” in Cha-machi area, which means town for tea industry, … Continue reading
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Don’t you come along my head trip? Today, I’d like to play a word game somehow eccentric. The world has a great diversity of teas. Japanese tea, Sencha, Green tea, Black tea, Oolong, Puer, etc. And the world has a … Continue reading