The last few days that I was in Tokyo I had the chance to visit Nana’s Green Tea. This green tea cafe chain has been called the Japanese Starbucks....
Chachanoma
Chachanoma (茶茶の間) is a tea room in Tokyo which specializes in Japanese tea and has a very good reputation. The name is a play on words. “Cha” means tea...
Tea Company Sayamaen
After visiting Shizuoka prefecture, I still had some few days for tea tourism in the Tokyo area. My friend Kayoko Ikeya invited me to visit her parent’s tea house,...
Yamahachi Maeda Koutarou Shouten
My last tea experience at Shizuoka prefecture was at Yamahachi Maeda Koutarou Shouten (やまはち前田幸太郎商店). This company is a tea wholesaler. It’s best known because the master tea blender Fumio...
Sugimoto Seicha Factory Tour
Another tea factory tour that I did while in Shizuoka prefecture was at Sugimoto Seicha (杉本製茶). Perhaps you’ve heard about Sugimoto America in the US? They are a subsidiary...
Yamanashi Shouten
This was a tea factory tour courtesy of The World Green Tea Association. Mr. Nishikawa (Manager) and Mr. Uchino (Senior managing director) were kind enough to take me along....
Kyoto Saryo
Kyoto Saryo (京都茶寮) is both a Japanese tea house and a gallery, located in the second floor of the Kyoto Station building. As soon as I saw it I...
Rishouen Tea
After my trip sponsored by JETRO, I still had time for more tea tourism. I visited Rishouen Tea in Uji city. They were the first to invite me by...