Tea pickers and hand-picked tea rice

The hand-picking of matcha tea is finally coming to an end.

This year, many tea pickers came,

About 70 people helped out every day.

There are several hand-picked tea fields scattered across the country.

Today, here is 80aA field full of hand-picked tea leaves.

Sunday, May 17, 2015

A pleasant sunny day in May.

Perhaps the athletic meet also had an impact.

This year, the number is slightly lower at 50.

Hand-picked tea rice

To the tea pickers who came,

With gratitude

Traditional food unique to a tea region,

We served tea rice.

Last year, the tea was hand-picked by a tea picker.

This is tea rice made with matcha tea leaves, tencha.

Thank you again this year.

Every year, tea rice is served without any prior notice.

Some people said they were glad they were able to eat it this year.

April 30th ~

We start picking the new sprouts of Sencha tea to be used for Fukamushi tea.

Currently, the new matcha buds are being picked by hand.

Only a few left.

Thank you very much.

A university training group came to take part in a "tea training" session, which included tea picking.

On Saturday, May 16, 2015, Nagoya Women's University and Nagoya Women's Junior College

It looked like a tea ceremony training session.

At the factory

Tea description.

For processing into matcha

Entering the Tencha factory,

visit.

Matcha tea fields

We move to a naturally hand-picked tea plantation,

The traditional picking method, "Shigoki-tsumi"

convey,

They had the opportunity to try it out.

Commemorative photos are also available.

The outfit I wore was,

Old work clothes called "kasuri."

I had the opportunity to try it on.

Finally,

While enjoying the traditional dish "hand-picked tea rice"

We will explain the tea and answer any questions you may have.

The students who came,

The teacher who led us,

The bus drivers who took everyone to and from the venue while being mindful of road safety

thank you very much.

Please come visit us again.

We will be holding a Japanese food culture course for foreigners, "Tea Hand-picking Experience." Experience hand-picking green tea leaves

We offer tea picking experiences for foreign visitors.

Japanese culture for Foreign Residents

Date and time: May 24, 2015 (Sunday) 13:00-15:00

Sunday,May 24th 2015 ,13:00-15:00

Contents: Experience hand-picking the finest tea leaves at a naturally cultivated tea plantation.

Take a commemorative photo wearing an authentic old-fashioned kasuri kimono and dressing up as a tea ceremony girl

Tour of a matcha tea leaf processing factory and a tencha tea factory

Tea rice tasting

Tea tasting

Matcha and matcha sweets tasting

And there's plenty to see.

Foreign residents of Toyota City and the surrounding area and their accompanying Japanese

You can participate.

Please apply to TIA

For more information, please refer to the flyer below.

●English version

Experience hand-picking green tea leaves

●Japanese version

Takakoen Tea Hand-Picking Experience

The tea factory is in operation. Tea pickers are also gathered.

The factory renovation is complete,

Currently in operation

After the Sencha (Fukamushicha) is hand-picked,

We moved on to hand-picking the matcha tea leaves in the tea fields.

Tea pickers,

I can't see it when I'm sitting

Over 70 people came yesterday and today.

Thanks to everyone, we were able to pick a lot of tea leaves.

Carefully cultivated for a year,

May is the month when we can finally harvest.

Processed in the factory,

First, the first step.

It's still a long way from becoming matcha,

First,

Thanks to the tea pickers

I am grateful to be able to hand-pick naturally grown matcha.

Tea picking experience

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

The Ubuya-kai group from Yoshimura Clinic in Okazaki will be coming to experience tea picking.

It becomes matcha

This is an experience of natural hand-picked tea plantations.

If you are interested, please contact Ubuya no Kai.

This is a photo of a dad who participated in Ubuya-no-Kai last year.

Enjoy the fun with your family in the green surroundings.

We held a party to enjoy new tea

Friday, May 7, 2015

We held a party to enjoy new tea.

This project is a collaboration with local moms and orange moms.

In a machine-harvested tea plantation

Picked with one stem and two leaves

It's a simple experience

We dressed up as tea girls and took commemorative photos.

A genuine "kasuri kimono"

I put it through my sleeve.

After that, we returned to Hidamari (next to Takakoen)

Tea ceremony lecture by the owner of Takakaen.

Many people take notes,

I'm glad to see your enthusiasm.

The long-awaited

A tea-filled lunch.

Orange Mama waved her arm.

Comes with Takakaen's new matcha dessert.

To last year's repeat customer,

For those coming from Nagoya,

Local Toyota residents, etc.

Thank you to all the participants.

Please come visit us again.

Tea picking experience

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

We had a tea picking experience.

Machine-harvested tea fields

This is a simple tea picking experience where you pick just one bud and two leaves.

Even small children can enjoy

Well done,

They picked them carefully.

After the experience

Fun break

We all have tea and rice.

Hand-picked tea leaves before they become matcha.

"Hand-picked tea rice" made with tencha tea.

This is a traditional dish that can only be found in a tea-producing region.

The rest after the experience is exceptional.

Thank you to all the participants.

Please come visit us again.

Tea picking has begun.

Tea picking began today, April 30th, 2015.

First, let's start with the tea plantations where the deep-steamed sencha tea is made.

Takakoen Hand-picked Deep-steamed Tea

In very good weather

Tea picking

We got off to a good start.

My daughter, an elementary school student,

I joined from 7:30am.

Today is a substitute holiday, so

I'm excited.

(The one on the right is after it was removed.)

Tea picking will continue for about a month from today until the end of May.

For a while, we'll be picking sencha tea leaves.

Afterwards, we picked matcha tea leaves.

We will all pick them by hand.

If you are interested, please contact us.

Wakazono Elementary School Students' Tea Picking Experience was featured in the Chunichi Shimbun

April 29, 2015, Chunichi Shimbun, Nishi Mikawa edition

Wakazono Elementary School 5th graders who went yesterday

A report on the tea picking experience was published.

The way they pick tea leaves so seriously is amazing.

It's very cute.

The new tea at this time of year is very soft and delicate.

Please experience it for yourself,

I would be happy if you could try it.

Fifth grade students from Wakazono Elementary School came to experience tea picking. It was broadcast on CBC TV.

On April 28, 2015, 132 fifth grade students from Wakazono Elementary School

During comprehensive learning time

They came to pick tea leaves

First, we talked about the history of tea,

The story of the tea tree

We explain how to pick them,

Now, let's experience it.

This time, we had them pick the simple one-stem, two-leaf variety.

CBC TV also came to cover the event.

Today at 15:18 on Gogosuma,

Featured on Ippou at 6:53pm.

The picked tea leaves are

Fun to do when you get home.

Please enjoy with your family.

The children who came

To all the parents who helped,

Teachers,

thank you very much.