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.