The Kurihara Brothers – 4th generation tea farmers
The Kurihara brothers, Akio and Yuji, are 4th generation tea farmers, having taken over from their father, Kippei Kurihara. As a Yame city councilman, their father is very respected in...
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The Kurihara Brothers – 4th generation tea farmers
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Yuji Kurihara-san’s lecture at local junior high school
Yuji Kurihara-san giving a lecture on “Yamecha-ology ~how to prepare tea~” at Yabe Junior High School. Here’s a photo that he shared, with a quote known among the Japanese tea...
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PHOTO: Kurihara Tea Field in Snow 2014
Akio Kurihara-san shared a photo of snow covered tea field. The post PHOTO: Kurihara Tea Field in Snow 2014 appeared first on YUNOMI.
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Kurihara Tea Farm Blog: New Year Greeting from Akio Kurihara-san
A Happy New Year. It’s a belated greetings ^^; I will do my best in everything this year as well! In tea making climate and soil of the land plays...
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Kurihara Blog: Yametsuhime Shrine
Yametsuhime* Shrine 八女津媛神社 is where the name yame** 八女 comes from. The shrine was rebuild in 1988 due to a damage from rockfall but before that this is what the...
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Yamecha black tea by the Kurihara family
The Kurihara family, in addition to being specialists of gyokuro tea cultivation and production, also one of only a few family farms in Japan making black tea from their premium...
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Kurihara today – demonstrating Handrolling sencha
Today, Akio is giving a Handrolling (temomi) tea demonstration at the Hirokawa highway service area. he says, “it’s hot.” At 32C/90F degrees, it’s actually cooler than it has been in...
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Akio Kurihara-san’s tea field during the rainy season
梅雨の合間の管理作業。 今日は雨、もちましたね。 山谷の集落を茶畑から眺めて…。 なんかのどかだなぁ〜と見惚れました。 田舎っていいな…。と思う風景でした。 Working in the fields on a temporal sunny day during the rainy season. No rainfall today. Looking at the village in the mountain valley from...
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Autumn leaves and tea fields
Says tea farmer Yuji Kurihara: they haven’t met in a year but on their reunion the fall leaves and the tea fields rejoice (=´∀｀)人(´∀｀=) The post Autumn leaves and tea...
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Akio Kurihara-san shares a photo of tea field undergoing restoration
茶畑再生プロジェクト。 今日は曇り空で風が強く肌寒い。でもこの山からの景色を見ると晴れやかな気分になりました。 頑張りましょう。一歩ずつ。 Tea field restoration project. Today was cloudy, very windy, and chilly. But this view from the mountain brightened me up. Let’s work hard. Step by step. The...
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Kurihara Blog: The Green Gem – Kurihara Heritage Gyokuro
Shop Here for 2015 Shincha Tea Kurihara Heritage Gyokuro – a true green gem. Almost ready for picking, but I will have to decide by looking at the leaves. Sencha...
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Kurihara Blog: (Photo) 2015 shincha harvesting begins
Shop Here for 2015 Shincha Tea The post Kurihara Blog: (Photo) 2015 shincha harvesting begins appeared first on YUNOMI.
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Yuji Kurihara, tea farmer on fire fighting duty
In a town as small as Yabe where the Kurihara Tea farm is based, fighting fire is a joint responsibility of the men. And last night, Yuji was on special...
