We will hold a Japanese food culture lecture for foreigners titled "Stone-ground Matcha and Tea Tasting"

Sunday, November 29, 2015, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Japanese Food Culture Lecture for Foreigners

"Compare stone-ground matcha and tea tasting"

The event will be held in the cooking practice room on the 2nd floor of the Toyota Industrial Culture Center.

There are lessons on how to make tea, experiences of grinding matcha with a stone mill, experiences of making and tasting hand-picked matcha,

Make matcha ice cream, try traditional Mikawa hand-picked tea rice, and more.

This is a packed course where you can enjoy tea with all five senses.

Limited to the first 20 people (ages 6 and over)

The cost is 500 yen

Explanations will be given in both Japanese and English.

Participants are foreign residents of Toyota City and the surrounding area, along with their accompanying Japanese companions.

For more details and to apply, please see the materials.

Summer vacation hands-on learning event "Ofukuichi" will be held

July 18, 2015 (Sat) 10:00-12:00

Borrowing a sunny spot next to Takakaen

Special summer vacation project: Experiential learning.

Experience 1

Make chopsticks using Toyota's cypress

Lecturer: Masaaki Higuchi (Representative of Mori no Hiroba)

Contents: Make your own chopsticks out of hinoki cypress. After making them, join in the Nagashi Somen (flowing noodles) experience.

Eat some somen noodles and enjoy freshly made hashi.

Start time: 10:00~ / 11:00~ 1 hour each

Capacity: 5 people each (10 people total) Participation requirements: 1st grade or above

Participation fee: 500 yen (includes materials and Nagashi Somen participation fee)

Applications: From July 10th, telephone reservations → 090-3560-1879 (contact person: Higuchi)

Experience 2

Original tea making

Lecturer: Yoshitaka Noba (Owner of Takakaen)

Contents: Grind your own powder using a stone mill and make matcha.

You can make your own original tea using the matcha you make and take it home with you.

Start time: 10:00 - Participate at any time

Participation fee: 100 yen

No application required: Registration opens on the day

Experience 3

Learn about Nori (seaweed)

Lecturer: Hiroshi Sakai (Sakai Nori Shop)

Contents: Are there actually many different types of nori? Learn how nori is made, compare different types of Mikawa nori, and try grilling nori.

After your nori grilling experience, you can eat it right away, or pour it over somen noodles.

Start time: 10:00 - Participate at any time

Participation fee: 100 yen (including ingredients for the nori grilling experience)Comes with a souvenir of chopped seaweed)

No application required: Registration opens on the day

Experience 4

Toy crafts

Lecturer: Sanagedai Toy Library

Contents: A simple toy craft. Make and play with a "surprise balloon."

Start time: 10:00

Participation fee: Free

No application required: Registration opens on the day

Experience 5

Make your own original postcards with eraser stamps

Lecturer: Tsumugi (Community Activity Support Center)

Contents: Make your own original postcard using an eraser stamp.

We have handmade postcards made from kenaf (a plant) available.

You can stamp it however you like and make a summer greeting card or your own favorite postcard.

Start time: 10:00

Participation fee: 50 yen (including materials and handmade postcards)

No application required: Registration opens on the day

and,

Those who have experienced it can participate

It's a bamboo flow somen noodle dish..

Although it is called Nagashi Somen, what flows down the street is

Homemade chilled noodles from Heartpia Toyota no Mori.

and,

Seasonal local vegetables,

cheese,

There are plenty of other fun things to do.

The flowing somen noodles were played on a bamboo slide (?) made by Mori no Hiroba in Toyoda.

So, let's do it.

Participation fee: 100 yen

Number of people limited: 5 people per time slot

Time: Starts at 10:30

(held every 15 minutes)

Those who take the chopstick lesson will also receive Nagashi Somen noodles.

This summer's experience of the Ofuku Market is

This is done purely through the kindness of the instructor.

In addition, we use the profits from the Ofukuichi fairs to cover the rent for the venue.

Dear past exhibitors,

We would also like to thank everyone who came to Ofukuichi.

thank you.

If you have any questions, please contact Yukiko Noba, Takakaen/Ofukuichi representative and secretariat.

Tea picking experience for foreigners

I was worried about the rain the day before,

It was beautifully sunny,

Sunday, May 24, 2015

We were able to experience tea picking.

Explanation of how to hand-pick tea

19 foreigners came to the event.

Naturally hand-picked tea in a tea garden

Explaining tea,

Explanation of tea picking and rolling at Takakaen Tea Farm

I explained how to pick it.

The traditional Mikawa picking method is difficult

Squeezing and pinching

Let me explain.

Takakoen Tea Picking Experience: Naturally Hand-Picked Tea at the Tea Garden

Let's try it right away.

everyone,

He has dexterous hands,

Takakaen Hand-picking Experience for Foreigners

I managed to pick it well.

Foreign tea girls at a natural, hand-picked tea plantation

Wearing a kasuri

We took a commemorative photo dressed as tea girls.

Because it is a naturally trained tea plantation,

one side

Bushy

Tea fields.

Stir the tea

We took some time to take photos.

Takakoen Tencha Factory Tour

Tea leaves before making matcha,

Tenchako factory

They gave us a tour.

About tea

Various questions were asked.

To everyone who came,

thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

Please come visit us again.

Please come again.

We held a tea picking experience for foreigners.

May 18, 2015 (Monday)

We held a tea picking experience for foreigners.

16 people from the Nagoya area

Foreigners also participated.

Tea picking experience for foreigners

What I experienced was,

Become matcha

A naturally cultivated tea plantation.

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

Today, here is 80aWe had you enter the tea garden where the tea is hand-picked,

Experience tea picking at Takakaen Tea Farm

Traditional picking method

We had them experience the "Shigoki Tsumi" technique.

Tea girls participating in the tea picking experience

Old work clothes

Wear a "kasuri"

Becoming a Tea Girl

Commemorative photo.

Everyone is cute.

We also had a tour of the factory.

Takakaen's factory is

While cherishing the good things of the past,

The latest technology is mixed

It's a factory.

After the experience and tour,

break.

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

Drinking tea

Take a break.

Thank you to everyone who came.

Thanks for coming.

Please come visit us again.

Please come and spend time here again.

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

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.

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.