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Unique tea ceremonies were organized by collaboration between tea farmers and various artists, such as Italian product designers, furniture creator, interior designers etc. On 26th March, Mr. Yamamoto and Andrea Dichira, a tea farmer in Makinohara and an Italian product … Continue reading
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New tea flushes began sprouting shown in the headline photo. Scenes of tea plantation in the winter time is so nice as the “Evergreen tourism” of course. Besides, fresh green view of tea sprouts is perfect to “Fresh Green Tourism”!! … Continue reading
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Lately blue tourism has been getting popular worldwide. Makinohara area in Shizuoka prefecture in Japan is perfect to blue tourism!! In Makinohara, we can enjoy the view of Suruga bay beyond the beautiful tea gardens! As shown in the following. … Continue reading
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Speaking spring season in Japan, many people would recall cherry blossoms. Yes that’s right, however, not only cherry blossoms, buds of tea plants are also symbol of spring in Japan!! Buds of tea plants began to grow as it became … Continue reading
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I hear that many people think it is somehow difficult and complicated to infuse tea using loose leaf tea and a tea pot, mainly because of tea leaves disposal in Japan. Indeed, I also think disposal of tea leaves after … Continue reading
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The season of first flush of Japanese tea is almost 3 weeks from the middle of April to the beginning of May. In order to let people enjoy 1st flush earlier, tea farmers in Makinohara enhanced the growing of tea … Continue reading
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“NOZOMI”, which means “hope” in Japanese, is the local brand for green tea produced in Makinohara area and a certificate to guarantee the richness of umami by means of amino acid contents. JA-Hainan, one of the Japanese Agricultural Cooperatives in … Continue reading
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In order to produce much better tea, proper and efficient management of tea plantations is required. Such management needs “proper action in the best time”. Although essential procedures has been established to cultivate and produce loose leaf tea, there are … Continue reading
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In FOODEX JAPAN 2016, Shizuoka teas introduced on this blog are exhibited. These teas are listed as follows. Please drop in the EXPO when you visit around Tokyo. << Booth 9B20 >> 100 Brands of Specialty Tea in the Rural … Continue reading
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Chakura, the retail section of Kikusui Tea Production Cooperative, produces loose leaf tea of Tsuyuhikari, named as “Emerald-no-Shizuku” which means emerald dew in Japanese. As written before, Tsuyuhikari is one of the cultivars of tea plants (Camellia Sinensis). It has … Continue reading