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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
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Nihondaira Yume Terrace has been newly opened since this November on the peak of Nihondaira, where is famous for the fantastic all-around landscapes. The landscapes from the terrace are great!! The night views are mysterious and fantastic! Especially under the … Continue reading
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Kakegawa tea estate has performed a series of cultural program “Kakegawa Chaennale Art Festival”, which involves local agriculture, modern and traditional arts, activities of various personalities etc. The art of silver grass bundles is exhibited in the Higashiyama region as … Continue reading
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Fujinokuni Terrace is a prominent restaurant which provide cuisines using a variety of local foods and some local specialty tea. A glass of a specialty oolong tea is served before lunch like aperitif. The specialty tea is “Hana Iro … 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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“FRONT”, the special shop locating in front of Shimoda station, sells various local products in Shimoda region, the tip of Izu peninsula. The name seems to be derived from the historical aspect of Shimoda as a front line for trades … Continue reading
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Shizuoka teas are enjoyed everywhere in Japan. As mentioned before, tea blenders produce loose leaf teas by using some of crude teas made in various tea estates. Some specialty tea stores blend crude teas made by some tea factories located … Continue reading
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Oki islands, known as the islands of Gods in Japan and the forth island created by Izanami and Izanagi recorded in Japanese myth “Kojiki”. Landscapes of native nature express so fantastic views in a wide variety as if gods and … Continue reading
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A series of open water swim competitions has been held in each beach all around Japan. The OWS race in Shizuoka has also held annually, its name is “Ocha Swim” which means “Swim race in the tea estate”, in tribute … Continue reading
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As getting hot, demand for cool beverage increases. Cool teas are perfect beverage for ocean sports due to their benefitial constituents such as minerals, amino acids (especially theanine is efficient for concentration), caffeine, etc. I have never forget to bring green tea to … Continue reading