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.

We will be holding a tea picking experience event, "Enjoying New Tea."

It was well received last year

Orange Mama and Takakaen collaboration

We will be holding the "New Tea Appreciation Party" again this year.

Tea picking last year.

Explanation about tea.

Many questions were asked.

Last year

Tea-filled lunch

Freshly picked sprouts are deep-fried,

Tencha tea rice,

Matcha sweets, etc.

It's all about tea.

Date and time: May 7, 2015 (Thursday) 10:30-13:00

Location: Hidamari meeting point (next to Takakaen)

Number of participants: First 30 people

Participation fee: 1,000 yen (includes tea picking experience and tea-filled lunch)

*Kids lunch available for 300 yen

The event will proceed rain or shine. In the event of rain, there will be a tea ceremony and lunch instead.

The tea picking at the "New Tea Enjoyment Party" is simple.

Instead of being hand-picked as is done naturally, the tea leaves are picked at one stem and two leaves from machine-harvested tea fields.

Even small children around 3 years old can walk there (about 200m).

You will walk to the tea plantation and have a simple experience.

Come experience seeing, touching and picking the tender new shoots in early May.

For applications, please contact Hidamari at 080-5156-7989

Tea factory under construction

The tea factory was newly established in 1969.

We are currently under construction.

More eco-friendly

Higher quality,

To make more delicious tea,

The good points of the past remain the same,

There are a lot of renovations.

Completion is scheduled for next spring.

In May, when the new tea leaves are picked,

It is scheduled to be completed.

Next year's tea picking experience and factory tour will

The renovated factory will be open for tours.

Fifth grade students from Wakazono Elementary School came to experience tea picking.

On Thursday, May 1, 2014, 133 fifth-grade students from four classes at Toyota City Wakazono Elementary School attended the event.

They came to Takakaen's tea fields to try their hand at tea picking.

As part of learning about the tea industry, a traditional industry in the region,

This is a comprehensive learning experience of Japanese tea and tea picking.

The history of tea

The history of tea in the region

We will talk about the tea picking of the past and modern and contemporary times.

Tea picking experience.

Everyone was serious.

After picking,

With green tea,

Fun break.

Thank you for your hard work picking the tea leaves.

Did you manage to pick enough for a teapot?

After this, the children take the tea leaves home and process them with the adults at home.

new tea

Black tea

Oolong Tea

Tempura, etc.

Tomorrow is the 88th night.

A special day for tea.

It would be nice to be able to drink new tea with the whole family.

I was happy that everyone was interested and listened carefully.

thank you very much.

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 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.