Hachiju Hachiya (八十八夜)
“The summer is coming, Hachiju Hachiya” (夏も近づく八十八夜). This is a line in an old Japanese song, called “Tea Picking” (茶つみ). It was […]
Author: Simona
Japanese Tea Report – May 2022
May is usually the peak of the spring harvesting season in Japan. That also means it is a great time to celebrate […]
Japanese Tea Report – April 2022
April is an exciting time for Japanese tea. During this month most tea regions in Japan already start producing new spring tea. […]
Start of the New Tea Season
April is here and the new tea season in Japan has begun. This year winter was quite cold. Between January and March […]
New Project – Video Series “Tea Regions of Japan”
Typically, in Japan the new work year starts at the beginning of April. This is when new students join universities, new employees […]
New Project – Japanese Tea Evangelist Program
It is well known that, Japanese tea here in Japan is seen as old-fashioned, and young people are rarely drinking it anymore, […]
Japanese Tea Report – March 2022
Tea buds have started to grow – it is not too long until we can taste the new tea. In fact, a […]
Academic Seminar ‘Discovering New Attraction of Matcha’ 2022
In the years of the pandemic the topics of health have been on the minds of many. Last year Kyoto Prefecture held […]