Yokota Tea Garden on Japanese evening news show News Every

mariko

This news report was about shincha in Sayama and one of the reporters visited Yokota Tea Garden!! おかげさまで素敵なレポートとなりました。渡辺裕太さん、スタッフの皆さん、本当にありがとうございました。 Posted by Yasuhiro Yokota on Thursday, May 7, 2015

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Yokota Tea Garden on Japanese evening news show News Every

mariko

This news report was about shincha in Sayama and one of the reporters visited Yokota Tea Garden!! おかげさまで素敵なレポートとなりました。渡辺裕太さん、スタッフの皆さん、本当にありがとうございました。 Posted by Yasuhiro Yokota on Thursday, May 7, 2015

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Yokota Blog: How will the shincha taste like?

mariko

Looking forward to how the tea will taste like.

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Hachimanjyu Gallery

Ian

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Yokota Tea Farm’s #tea fields in the typhoon

Ian

Photographed during a lull in the rain, Yokota-san shared with us a few images of his tea fields. No problems up in Saitama as the brunt of the storm hit Western Japan (around the Kobe area).   Heavy winds though aren’t good for these baby tea...

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Obubu Tea Farms’ #tea fields in typhoon nangka

Ian

Matsumoto-san, VP of Obubu, shared with us a few photos of the tea fields in Wazuka. The main problem they are having right now is wind. Some of their plants are being shaded and the wind blowing the shading against the leaves may cause some damage...

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Hasami-yaki yunomi cup starts as four-leaf clover and transforms into a heart

Ian

My facebook friend Shirahama-san came to visit today. “This is for Heart Bancho (“leader”)!” he said and presented me with a Hasami-yaki heart-shaped cup. (#^.^#) This yunomi cup is amazing! It starts out as a four-leaf clover, and as you drink, a heart appears. \(^o^)/...

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Yokota Blog: Last harvesting for 2015 first flush tea

mariko

Last harvesting for the first flush tea leaves this season. Working under the beautiful weather.

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Kurihara Blog: finished plucking the 2015 first flush tea

Kurihara Tea Farm

Akio Kurihara says…: Finally finished plucking the first flush tea yesterday. All I have left is to harvest the second flush tea leaves and tea rolling that’s been consigned. I want to make black tea from benifuuki cultivar too… There are still things left to...

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Happenings and Future Plans

Yunomi Staff

I hope your cups have not become cold in my absence; Obubu has been on quite the adventure in the past few weeks.  Several events have taken place, I’ve done my own share of exploring and discovery, plans have been made, improvements are under-way  and our interns are...

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How to choose Japanese tea

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