Tea Picking Event by the Kinezuka Family, Day Two

Ian

Day two of the Tea Picking Event held by the Kinezuka family on April 27-28, 2013, focused on the actual picking of tea leaves. These tea leaves were then turned into the Organic Handpicked Midori. But before we get into the tea picking… See Day...

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Morita Tea Garden Gallery

Ian

Photo gallery of the Morita Tea Garden in Sayama, Saitama, Japan. The Morita Tea Garden is a family owned farm based in the Sayama region, Saitama, Japan, operated by 10th generation tea farmer Fujiichi Morita, his wife, and his son.

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Akio Kurihara-san shares a photo of tea field undergoing restoration

Kurihara Tea Farm

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.

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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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