Ofukuichi Summer Vacation Experience Class

The morning market "Ofukuichi" will be held on Wednesday, June 25th.

Here is a sneak peek at some of our special summer vacation plans.

Monday, July 21st

Ofukuichi will be holding a "Summer Vacation Special Project: Experiential Learning (Workshop)."

・Tea brewing class

・Homemade furikake

・Cooking class

・Craft

・Log-grown Shiitake Mushroom Experience

・Musical instrument crafts made from Toyoda wood

(The contents may be subject to change.)

The details have not yet been decided,

One step ahead

This is an announcement about applications for the "Cajon," an instrument made from Toyota wood.

The cajon is a percussion instrument that originated in Peru.

This instrument is made from Toyota wood.

Date and time: Monday, July 21st, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Location: Hidamari (next to Takakaen)

8 participants (Elementary school students and above. Lower elementary students must be accompanied by an adult. Adults can also participate alone.)

Participation fee: 5,000 yen (including materials)

Applications open from 10am on Wednesday, June 18th

For applications and inquiries, please contact Mori no Hiroba (Higuchi) at 090-3560-1879.

Forest Square

We look forward to your application.

Other details will be announced once they have been decided.

During the summer vacation, why not try some hands-on learning that you wouldn't normally be able to do?

We had a tea picking experience at Toyota Co-op "Meglia".

On Wednesday, May 14th, we held a tea picking experience at Toyota Co-op "Meglia".

The number of applicants was more than doubled,

There were about 30 winners in attendance.

This time, we are using natural hand-picked tea plants,

Not one core and two leaves

(At our tea farm, if the tea is harvested by machine, we offer a simple tea picking experience.

(They are picked with two leaves per stem.)

difficult

They experienced the traditional Mikawa technique of "Shigoki-tsumi."

They helped us distinguish between new shoots and bancha tea and picked them.

Also,

Wearing authentic Kasuri fabric,

Transform into a tea girl.

After taking a commemorative photo,

Factory tour.

Takakoen Hand-picked Tea Rice

after that,

Eat rice balls with tea,

I had a great time.

By the way,

Chameshi is a traditional food of the Mikawa tea region.

There are many different types of chameshi across the country, but in Mikawa they use tencha tea leaves, which are the tea leaves before they are ground into matcha.

Of course. This tencha is served as hand-picked tea rice.

It is sold at Takakoen and is made using only hand-picked tencha.

They were able to experience tea and spend a different time than usual.

Thank you to everyone who participated.

Thank you to all the staff at Meguria for your concern.

Please come and play again.

We exhibited at DEAN & DELUCA Roppongi store.

May 18th (Sun) in Tokyo Midtown

DEAN & DELUCA Roppongi storeWe exhibited at the Green Market.

There are delicious looking breads in the store.

While lining up

Japanese-themed green market

It is a side dish that goes well with Japanese rice.

Exhibited in the Japanese tea category

Takakoen in DEAN & DELUCA Roppongi Green Market

While enjoying Japanese tea

Tasting sale.

Enjoy the taste of hand-picked deep-steamed tea,

At the cafe,

DEAN & DELUCA and Takakoen collaboration menu

Matcha latte and

Cold Brew Green Tea

Guests enjoyed the special menu available only on the day.

It is also featured on DEAN & DELUCA's Facebook and Twitter.

Twitter is here →http://t.co/J9kMWnHurb

We will be exhibiting at DEAN & DELUCA Roppongi store on Sunday, May 18th.

Sunday, May 18th, Tokyo Midtown, Akasaka, Tokyo

DEAN&DELUCARoppongi storeAs

It will be sold exclusively at Green Market.

We also have limited edition products.

We held a tea picking experience and a party to enjoy new tea.

On Wednesday, May 7th, we held a "New Tea Enjoyment Party" in collaboration with the local Orange Mama group.

First, we gathered at Hidamari and then headed to Takakaen Tea Plantation.

A simple tea picking experience at Takakaen Tea Field

Then,

Return to the sunshine,

While tasting the new tea,

A story about tea.

...A variety of questions were asked.

After that, the long-awaited

A tea-filled lunch.

Even dessert

...All about tea.

It was a very eventful meeting.

Thank you to all the participants.

Thank you to all the cute children for participating despite the heat.

Thank you Orange Mama for the collaboration and tea-filled lunch.

The Girl Scouts had a tea picking experience.

On the afternoon of Tuesday, May 6th, the Girl Scouts had a tea picking experience.

It's a very cool uniform

Everyone together,

We started picking tea leaves in style.

Truly Girl Scouts

Under the blue sky

He is efficient and skilled.

After the experience, we had tea rice and green tea...and then it was over.

Thank you everyone for your hard work.

Thank you to everyone who came not only from Toyota but also from the city.

Please come and visit us again.

We held a tea picking experience for the children's group.

On Tuesday, May 6th, in the morning, the children's group had a tea picking experience.

Takakoen Tea Picking Experience

The local children's association

Every year I try to experience tea picking.

So...very good.

After picking, enjoy.

Rest time.

Munching on hand-picked tea rice

Eating tea rice,

I also had some green tea.

Today's tea meal is

It is cooked with Mineasahi rice produced in Inabu, Toyota.

Of course, chameshi (rice with tea)

Tea rice made with hand-picked tea leaves from Takakaen.

It was windy and a little cold, but thank you to the 44 people who participated.

Students from first grade to sixth grade picked the fruit carefully and skillfully.

The tea leaves you pick are brought home,

It's fun for every family.

Some people drink black tea every year.

Some kids even eat it as tempura.

There are various ways to enjoy it,

I hope you enjoy each one.

thank you very much.

We were interviewed by local media. It will be broadcast on the 6th.

The tea picking for deep-steamed tea has begun.

Even today, despite the heat, the tea pickers are picking the tea by hand.

Because it is naturally trained and picked,

I also picked off the new shoots at the bottom.

Meanwhile,

Himawari Network came to interview us.

The garden owner was also interviewed.

The program is broadcast by the local media Himawari Network.

It will be broadcast on the program "Yoi Don" from 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 6th.

For Himawari Network,

In June of last year, a program called "Ganbaru Company"

Introducing the shining companies in Toyota, Miyoshi, and Nagakute,

It was aired for a month,

Introduction of "Chaberin Dango" on a city government program

I was introduced to many of them.

thank you.

Mayor Ota of Toyota City came to experience tea picking.

Friday, May 2nd: Visit Takakoen's naturally-steamed tea garden

The mayor of Toyota City came to visit us.

With the tea pickers

The cherry blossoms were hand-picked using the "shigoki-tsumi" method.

He said, "Picking the fruit with force is hard work."

Our commitment to cultivation and hand-picking,

The difficulty of securing tea pickers and their valuable skills

We asked him about his thoughts on various natural and hand-picked cultivation methods.

after that,

Tencha farm of "Asatsuyu", also known as the legendary natural gyokuro

(Tea plantations where tea leaves are grown to make matcha)

It was visited.

I'm glad that the tea pickers were so proud of us.

We would like to continue to preserve the tradition of natural and hand-picked techniques.

Thank you for taking the time to come.

Takakoen was featured on Chukyo TV's "NNN Straight News"

Program starting May 2nd at 11:30

Takakoen was featured on Chukyo TV's "NNN Straight News."

It is also the 88th night,

In the morning, Chukyo TV came to cover the event.

It is Japanese tea

Naturally prepared deep-steamed tea

Where they are hand-picked,

An interview with the owner of Takakaen Garden.

The interview lasted about an hour.

The hand-picked tea leaves are steamed and then steamed.

On May 5th, it will be on sale at Takakaen in Toyota City.

From now on, we will be hand-picking for about a month (throughout May).

As of 10am today, there were 40 people picking tea, but by the evening, about 60 people had come to pick tea.

On average, about 50 to 60 tea pickers come each day, and the total number of people picking tea is between 1,200 and 1,500.

Takakaen does not have any tea fields for tea competitions.

All of this is tea that we deliver to our customers.

Therefore, we ask you to pick all of the greens using the traditional "shigoki-tsumi" method.

Wages are calculated based on the amount of work harvested, not by the hour.

Despite this, the tea pickers still come and enjoy themselves.

....Thank you very much.