77th National Tea Competition in Japan

77th National Tea Competition in Japan

Moé  Kishida
Here is a little bit of tea news from the homefront (Japan). Just last month, from the 22nd to the 25th of August, the 77th National Tea Festival r...
Okayama Prefecture's Treasured Bancha - Mimasaka Bancha Crafting

Okayama Prefecture's Treasured Bancha - Mimasaka Bancha Crafting

Moé  Kishida
When you think of Okayama Prefecture, what tea comes to mind? For those of you who answered mimasaka bancha, you are right on point! While Okayama...
Kiroku Tea Garden: Women Owned Tea Farm - Yunomi.life

Kiroku Tea Garden: Women Owned Tea Farm

Moé  Kishida
Today, we share with you our interview with Megumi (Ui for short) Hori, 5th generation tea farmer of Kiroku Tea Garden in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture ...
Teatopia, Wazuka - Yunomi.life

Teatopia, Wazuka

Moé  Kishida
Greetings! Can you spot the praying mantis lounging in the beautiful tea fields of Wazuka?  Yes, today we are back highlighting some of the major t...
Birthplace of Japanese Green Tea - Ujitawara - Yunomi.life

Birthplace of Japanese Green Tea - Ujitawara

Moé  Kishida
Hello! Genki-desuka (元気ですか?How are you, in Japanese)?    Especially during these strange times, we hope that you are finding moments in your day to...
How Uji Tea Farmers Dance Gracefully with Climate Change - Yunomi.life

How Uji Tea Farmers Dance Gracefully with Climate Change

Moé  Kishida
Hello all! We hope that you are enjoying your Japanese green teas along with autumnal delights like chestnuts, persimmons and pears (what are some ...
Does the Best Gyokuro Come from Yame? - Yunomi.life

Does the best gyokuro come from Yame?

Moé  Kishida

Magnificent scenery with mountainous valleys and open plains Centuries of tradition and rich cultural heritage A welcoming rural community Award-winning gyokuro... If the above descriptions resonate with you, Yame may just be the tea haven for you!  And today on the fall equinox, we will be touching on Yame as one of the major tea producing regions in Japan but also to share with you what makes their gyokuro shine.

Kumamoto-cha & Miyazaki-cha - Yunomi.life

Kumamoto-cha & Miyazaki-cha

Moé  Kishida
Hello, happy half moon in August!  Late August is usually a time when the bell crickets (鈴虫; Suzumushi) start to sing and chime in Japan.  Their si...
History Notes Along with Your Cup of Ureshino Tea - Yunomi.life

History Notes Along with Your Cup of Ureshino Tea

Moé  Kishida
Kyushu (九州) is Japan’s third largest island and is located at the very Southwest end of Japan. It is made up of the following 8 prefectures: Kagos...
A Taste of Kagoshima Tea - Yunomi.life

A Taste of Kagoshima Tea

Moé  Kishida

Kagoshima is the 2nd largest tea producing prefecture in Japan, after Shizuoka.  It is only recently however that Kagoshima has obtained recognition for producing high-end tea.  For several decades, Kagoshima had an image of producing economically accessible  but less than premium tea. That being said, even some Japanese may not be aware that Kagoshima now produces award wining tea and has the highest productivity per area in all of Japan.

50 Major Tea Production Areas in Japan - An Evolving Project - Yunomi.life

50 Major Tea Production Areas in Japan - An Evolving Project

Moé  Kishida
At Yunomi, we’ve embarked on an exciting and ambitious project to list all the tea production regions and subregions in Japan, and examine 50 major areas. With the exception of the northernmost prefectures of Hokkaido, Yamagata, and Osaka, all the other 44 prefectures commercially produce tea.

How to choose Japanese tea

By partnering with a hundred plus artisanal Japanese tea farms and factories, we offer hundreds of green teas, and dozens of matcha, black tea, oolong tea, etc. Where do you start?

We recomend starting with Sampler Sets!