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A fine autumn day provide us beautiful landscape of Mt. Fuji. From the tea plantation on Makinohara upland, we can look nice view of Mt. Fuji as follows. Lately a cold air mass moved to the sky of Japan, bringing … 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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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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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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Sales of first flush teas gain momentum at the beginning of May. NAITO-EN, the fancy retail shop of tea products in Makinohara city, has already started to sell the first teas. This shop sells individual packages of each product for … Continue reading
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“Hien” is the special tea produced by Sagara Bussan co. ltd. with using special tea leaves plucked at the beginning of 1st flush season. Being specific for Sagara Bussan co. ltd. as “OHASHIRI” do, “Hien” is processed with higher … Continue reading
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Hachiju-Hachiya means “the 88th day counting from Risshun, the first day of spring”. Generally Hachiju-Hachiya is 2nd May. In leap years, the day is 1st May. This day is special for Japanese tea industry. 1. As a border between … Continue reading
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This week is the peak season of tea plucking on Makinohara upland. Tea farmers operate plucking machines and carry bags filled with plucked tea leaves. In this season, traffic jam often happens on the side lode of tea plantation as … Continue reading
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In Makinohara area, many tea farmers cultivate vegetables and crops in addition to tea plants. For example, lettuce, cabbage, green onion, rice, maze, etc. As for lettuce and cabbage, tea farmers cultivate them on paddy fields after harvest of rice. … Continue reading
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Full moon illumes tea plantation. Tea sprouts illumed by full moon expressed elegant and fantastic atmosphere. Full moon also illumes paddy field. Waving moon on the surface of paddy field.