Event information related to Japanese tea and the United Tea Estates of Shizuoka are as follows.

 

15th February 2020  Shizuoka Tea Market Festival

• Venue : Shizuoka Tea Market.
• Access : It takes approx. 10 minutes by bus and walk from JR Shizuoka station. Please ride the bus of No.120 on the bus stop No. 8 at the north entrance of JR Shizuoka station. And then, get off at the bus stop “Koseibyoin-mae”. And please walk to the Shizuoka Tea Market by following your smart phone navigation. It takes a few minutes from the bus stop.
• Hours : 9:30 – 14:30
• Fee : Free.
• Contents : (1) Experience of the traditional tea trade in Shizuoka Tea Market. Soon to be announced.

 

9th February 2020  Makinohara Concert in “Eala” in Makinohara city

• Venue : “Eela”, the Hall of Makinohara City Council of Social Walfare.
• Address : 140, Susuki, Makinohara city, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan.
• Access : Only by Car. Please use some navigation application.
• Hours : 10:00 – 16:00
• Fee : 300 yen for a tasting cup.
• Contents : (1) Tasting and sales of various specialty teas produced on Makinohara upland, (2) Tasting quiz, (3) Experience of tea ceremony, (4) Sales of tea confections.

 

 

 

 

2019.02.15 Event Business Matching for Tea Pairing at COOP Building in Tokyo
– Announcement, Report
2019.02.10 Talk Show about Tea Origin in Tea Museum, Shizuoka
– Announcement, Report

2019.01.12 Event Business Matching for Tea Pairing at Ecole Tsuji in Osaka
– Announcement, Report

 

2018.12.14(Fri.) – 15(Sat.) 72th All Japan Tea Festival at Nihonbashi Plaza in Tokyo
– Announce1,

2018.11.30(Fri.) – 12.02(Sun.) Tokyo Tea Party 2018 at Shibuya HIKARIE
– Announce1, Official Web Page (JPN), Official Facebook (JPN),

2018.11.14(Wed.) – 16(Fri.) Public Tea Seminar and Serving Teas in MAFF
– Announce,
2018.11.02(Fri.) – 03(Sat.) Minori Harvest Festival 2018
– Announce,

2018.10.26(Fri.) – 27(Sat.) TERADA Fair – Exhibition of Tea Machinery
– Announce,

2018.10.26(Fri.) – 27(Sat.) Festa Kawasaki
– Announce, Official Pamphlet,

2018.10.10(Wed.)-12(Fri.) JAPAN’S FOOD Export Fair
– Announce, Official Web Page

2018.10.05(Fri.) – 07(Sun.) Kimono Salone 2018 at Nihonbashi YUITO
– Announce, Official Web Page (JPN),
2018.09.29(Sat.) – 30(Sun.) Japan Tea Festival 2018 at TAITOKAN
– Announce, Official Web Page, Report
2018.06.08(Fri.) Japanese Tea Seminar in MAFF
– Announce, Report
2018.03.24(Sat)-25(Sun) Grand Opening of Fujinokuni Tea Museum
— Official Website, Announce, Related post, Report

2018.03.17(Sat) Makinohara Local Tea Festival 2018 *Annual
— Official pamphlet (written in Japanese), Announce

2018.01.26  Organic Tea Power Up Meeting (First)
– Announce, Report 1, Report 2

2017.12.12 – 12.18 Shizuoka Marche in Seibu Ikebukuro (First)
– Announce, Report

2017.12.01 -12.03 Tokyo Tea Party in Shibuya Hikarie *Annual
– Official Web Page, Announce, Related Post, Report1, Report2

2017.11.15 – 11.17 Public Tea Seminar in MAFF
– Announce, Report

2017.11.10 – 11.11 Minori Harvest Festival in Ikebukuro *Annual
– Announce, Report

2017.10.06 – 10.08 Tea Brewing Experience in Kimono Salone
– Official Web Page (in Japanese), Announce, Report

2017.09.02 – 09.03 Japanese Black Tea Conference in Ginza
– Report

2017.06.06 – 06.08 Japan International Tea Show
– Announce

2017.06.02 Public Tea Seminar in MAFF
– Announce, Report

2017.03.4 – 04.02 Haru Satoyama Haku 2nd *Annual
— Official Web Page, Official Pamphlet, Report

2017.03.12(Sun) Makinohara Local Tea Festival 2017 *Annual
— Report of the last year, Announce, Report(2017)

2017.02.26(Sun) Makinohara Concert 3rd *Annual
— Official Pamphlet, Report of the last year,

 

2017.02.17 – 02.18 Local Food Festival in Food Capital Shizuoka *Annual
— Official Web Page(written in Japanese), Announcement, Report

 

2016.10.27 – 10.30 World O-Cha(Tea) Festival 2016 (Autumn)
— Official Web Page, Official Program Pamphlet,

2016.05.13 – 05.15 World O-Cha(Tea) Festival 2016 (Spring)
— Official Web Page, Official Program Pamphlet,
*This event has many programs, so each program will be announced separately.

< Respective Programs >
(1) Market for the first flush of Japanese teas.
> Venue : Terminal entrance outdoor area of Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport
> Data : 14, 15 May
> Contents : Japanese teas and related products

(2) Tea and Food Collaboration.
> Venue : “Le Chant” Japanese French Restaurant in Shimada city.
> Address : 9-12 Yanagimachi, Shimada city, Shizuoka Prefecture
> Data : 13 – 15 May
> Contents : Various cuisines best pairing with Japanese teas.

(3) Tea and Flower Collaboration. (Report)
> Venue : 2F Departure Lobby in Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport
> Data : 13 – 15 May
> Contents : Teas will be served with wonderful flower arrangements.

(4) Worldwide Tea Ceremonies in Sekiun-in Temple.
> Venue : Sekiun-in Temple
> Data : 13 – 15 May
> Contents : Various tea devotees will provide the variety of worldwide teas in respective styles.

 

2016.03.05 – 04.03 Haru Satoyama Haku
— Announcement, No reports, Official Web Page(in Japanese)

2016.03.13 Local Tea Festival for the First Flush 2016 in Makinohara (Report only)
— This festival is annually held in March. Please be looking forward to the next year.

2016.03.08 – 03.11 FOODEX JAPAN 2016
— Announcement, Reports, Official Web Page

2016.02.21 Makinohara Concerto (Report only)
— Please be looking forward to the next year. This event will be held in Feburary.

2016.02.20,21 Agricultural Artifacts Festival in Food-Capital Shizuoka
— Announcement, Report, Official Web Page(in Japanese)

2016.01.30, 31 Farmers’ Market at UNU in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

2016.01.08-17 Local Food Festival in Tokyo Dome City

2016.01.02 New year sale “Hatsu-Uri” in Odakyu Department Store Machida.

2015.12.27-29 Shizuoka tea sales by tea farmers in “Ocharaka” in COREDO Muromachi