We participated in the Great Nagoya Tours Tea Picking Experience.

May 14, 2017 (Sunday) Nagoya University

We participated in the Great Nagoya Tours Tea Picking Experience.

Naturally grown hand-picked experience

First, picking tea leaves.

Currently, hand-picking of Sencha tea has ended,

Visit a naturally grown matcha tea plantation.

Takakoen is dotted with naturally grown, hand-picked tea fields.

One of them,

This site covers an area of 8 tan (2,400 tsubo).

Of course, everything is picked by hand.

The next row (near the front) of the image shows the finished picking.

The tea plants have already been cut down.

How to pick it:

"Shigoki-tsumi" is a method unique to Aichi Prefecture.

The experience took place in a slightly brighter tea plantation.

Tea picking experience Commemorative photo taken in a kasuri kimono

She also wore a tea girl costume.

Naturally hand-picked tea garden Hand-picking experience

The men also dressed up as tea girls to commemorate the occasion.

We also had the opportunity to tour the factory.

Everyone was serious about wanting to learn and discover more about tea.

It was a fun experience with lots of questions.

Dai Nagoya Tours Tea Picking Experience

Thank you to everyone who came.

Please come and visit us again.

We will be exhibiting at Dean & Deluca Roppongi Main Store

Sunday, October 16, 2016

Inside Tokyo Midtown

DEAN & DELUCA Roppongi storeDear

We will be exhibiting at the Green Market.

This is a photo from our exhibit in February 2015.

This is the flagship store of Dean & Deluca Japan.

We will be exhibiting at the Roppongi store.

This is the fourth time.

At the Green Market on May 18, 2014

We had a matcha latte collaboration,

A lot of customers enjoyed it.

This time, you can enjoy some early new matcha tea.

The first harvest of matcha is not in May, but in autumn after the summer has passed.

It is picked in May,

Let it mature a little before serving.

On October 16th, we will be serving fresh, naturally-brewed, hand-picked matcha.

We sell it in small portions in the amount you like.

You can also sample the drinks.

We also have hand-picked tea rice.

Please come and visit us.

We are exhibiting at the Tokai 3 Prefecture Fair

It is held on the 3rd floor of the Meguria main store.

We are exhibiting at the "Tokai 3 Prefectures Fair."

The fair and exhibition period will run from September 21st to September 27th.

Tokai 3 Prefectures Fair

・Hand-picked matcha

・Hand-picked tea rice

・Fukamushicha

・Hand-picked matcha baked goods

We sell the following items.

A Takakaen representative will be present on the 24th and 25th of the event.

If you would like to hear more details, please feel free to contact us.

We look forward to your visit.

Featured in the Asahi Shimbun

Published in the Asahi Shimbun on May 15, 2016

An article was published about the tea picking experience at "Dai Nagoya University" that I went to on the 14th.

The Wakazono Community Center "Tea Range Team" held a tea picking experience.

Sunday, May 8, 2016

We had a tea picking experience with the "Tea Range Team" at Toyota City Wakazono Community Center.

This is an event hosted by the Wakazono Community Center in the area.

Every other year, we hold a tea picking experience at Takakaen's tea fields.

This time it was full in 10 minutes.

The tea leaves in early May are soft,

Unique to this time of year

We had the opportunity to experience picking the delicate new tea buds.

"It was fun," we received voices of joy and gratitude.

I'm happy.

Please come visit us again.

thank you very much.

Tea picking experience for foreigners

May 15, 2016 (Sun) 13:00

We held a tea picking experience for foreigners.

Tea picking experience for foreigners Tea girl costume

Tea picking experience hosted by TIA

Not just cars,

They came by train from Meitetsu Wakabayashi Station,

17 people participated, some of whom came by bicycle.

In a traditional natural tea garden

You can try hand-picking,

Factory tours and

You can also try tea rice and cold-brewed deep-steamed tea with matcha.

I'm glad that all the participants enjoyed themselves.

Some people even say they want to try picking tea leaves in earnest.

Thank you for participating despite the heat.

Please come visit us again.

Nagoya University students participated in a tea picking experience.

May 14, 2016 (Sat) 10:00~

Promoting lifelong learning

Students from Nagoya University came to pick tea leaves.

Experience tea picking in the season of fresh greenery ~Learn about tea from the highest ranking tea farmer in Aichi Prefecture~

So,

This time, we picked tea leaves in a naturally cultivated tea plantation.

The subtitle says "Let's learn about tea."

The owner's explanation is very enthusiastic.

Even though it was hot, everyone listened attentively.

thank you.

Takakoen Natural Tea Farm Hand-picking Experience

In a traditional, naturally-trained tea plantation,

You can experience the picking method, "squeezing picking."

Takakoen Tea Picking Experience

Since I had the chance,

Wearing a kasuri kimono,

Commemorative photo.

It was also worn by men.

There was also a tour and lecture at the factory.

Please listen carefully,

It was a happy time.

Dear members of Greater Nagoya University,

Thank you for coming.

Please come visit us again.

The 16th Ofukuichi was held.

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

The 16th "Ofukuichi" was held.

This time it's spring break,

We had a mini experience together with the morning market.

OLIVE OLIVE-san,

They let me try my hand at Saori weaving.

Saori "Quick Weaving" experience.

I'm obsessed with quaint, colorful yarns.

Have you created a piece that you like?

There were also many other mini-experiences.

"When are you going to do it again?"

It was great to hear the children's happy voices.

Next up, we will be holding a special experience called "Ofukuichi" in the summer on Saturday, July 16th.

Thank you for coming.

Please come visit us again.

This is Yuki from the secretariat.

Appearing on FM radio

December 14th, in Tsurumai, Nagoya

Recorded on FM radio.

I was interviewed for the purpose of "rediscovering the region."

Host: Saori Kanda, Transformer vocalist: JUN

He appeared as a guest on the show.

The broadcast will start at 7:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 27, 2015.

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.