Kesenuma Kuwacha Eitoku – Starting anew after the tsunami
Norifumi Sato survived the 2011 Northern Japan Tsunami and Earthquake only to lose his business. He rebuilt with a brand new business he had been considering -- mulberry leaf tea....
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Kesenuma Kuwacha Eitoku – Starting anew after the tsunami
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Kurihara blog: Annual tea picking class for the Yabe Elementary School
The annual tea picking class with the Yabe Elementary School children at our tea field. They all worked very hard picking at the tea field in such mountainous location. The...
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Yokota Blog: Going into the latter half of tea production
Collecting fresh tea leaves before the arrival of typhoon. We are now in the latter half of tea production. Today’s tea buds are look good. We will continue working hard...
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Yokota Blog: Tea factory is like a dry sauna…
The typhoon has passed and our tea factory has turned into a dry sauna. Doing our best as usual to hear the words “it’s delicious!” from our customers. The post...
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Yokota Blog: Shincha harvesting begins
Shop Here for 2015 Shincha Tea Although the new tea buds were growing 3 days ahead compared to every year, due to the snowfall on April 8th and the cold...
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Kurihara Blog: Shincha season
Shop Here for 2015 Shincha Tea Akio Kurihara-san says: Tea picking and rolling started the day before yesterday. Taking a sip of this year’s shincha green tea and praying to...
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Yokota Tea Garden on Japanese evening news show News Every
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 The post Yokota...
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Yokota Blog: How will the shincha taste like?
Looking forward to how the tea will taste like. The post Yokota Blog: How will the shincha taste like? appeared first on YUNOMI.
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Yokota Tea Farm’s #tea fields in the typhoon
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...
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Obubu Tea Farms’ #tea fields in typhoon nangka
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...
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Hasami-yaki yunomi cup starts as four-leaf clover and transforms into a heart
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!...
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Yokota Blog: Last harvesting for 2015 first flush tea
Last harvesting for the first flush tea leaves this season. Working under the beautiful weather. The post Yokota Blog: Last harvesting for 2015 first flush tea appeared first on YUNOMI.
