Looking back : An old literature “Notes on Tea and Health Care”

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Sharing a brief translation of an interesting article[840] about the description about health care mentioned in the old book “Kissa Yojoki” (Notes on Tea and Health Care) written by a Buddhism monk “Eisai”, as follows. Eisai is an esoteric Buddhism … Continue reading

Fujin Tree Landmark Café Serving Shizuoka Sen-Cha Latte in Taipei

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Fujin Tree Landmark Café, a fancy cafes popular among young people in Taipei, has launched “Shizuoka Sencha Latte”. Now “Matcha latte” has fully gained its popularity worldwide. Fujin Tree Landmark Café uses Sencha for the latte. There are two types … Continue reading

Kaneju Farm Omotesando Opened Today!

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Today, Kaneju Farm opened its tea salon and bar at the backstreet on Omotesando in Shibuya ward, Tokyo.   “Kaneju Sencha Gin Tonic”, an unique cocktail of gin and deep steamed Sencha produced by Kaneju Farm, provided me with a … Continue reading

Autumn Stroll with Awesome Teas

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Atmosphere of autumn makes me feel like strolling in the nature with awesome teas. Tokyo has various sites perfect for walking with sightseeing. The variety of teas enables us to select teas according to our feeling in each season, day or … Continue reading

Shizuoka Teas Everywhere – HARIMA-YA Tea Stand in Front of Himeji Castle

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Himeji city had been established as a castle town of Himeji Castle. HARIMA-YA tea stand has been established since 1948 in front of Himeji Castle. The statue of matcha soft serve and the board describing soft serves of matcha and roasted tea are … Continue reading

Shizuoka Teas Everywhere – Koriyama City, Eastside of Lake Inawashiro

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I’d like to share the information about the tea stores in Koriyama city, which  somehow similar to Makinohara region. The city had been developed by former Samurai in Meiji period. This history is similar to the establishment of tea plantation … Continue reading

Shizuoka Teas Everywhere – Aizu Wakamatsu City Northwest of Lake Inawashiro

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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

Local Lunch with Shizuoka Tea on Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

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Tokyo Metropolitan Government will serve some of local specialty dishes for lunch from 28th August to 8th September in its cafeteria on weekday. Some prefectures provide local foods characteristic to each region. Shizuoka local lunch will be served from 4th to 8th … Continue reading

Shizuoka Teas Everywhere – Around Lake Biwa

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Shizuoka teas are enjoyed everywhere in Japan. In many cases, local tea companies blend a wide variety of crude teas made in various tea estates in order to adjust tea flavor characteristic to each company according to the local taste. Due to … Continue reading

Shizuoka Tea Offered to the Divine Islands – Oki Islands

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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