As harvest season arrived in Wazuka, much of my work focused on storytelling, capturing photos and videos and sharing the realities of life on a...
Farming Japanese Tea
In Wazuka Town, the global surge in demand for Matcha has led to a significant increase in the cultivation of Tencha—the raw material for Matcha....
In March 2026, we completed the replanting of 4,500 "Ujihikari" saplings. Ujihikari is a cultivar unique to Kyoto. Among the various teas we offer for...
Last month, Daiki-san, Hiroki-san, and I headed to the shores of Lake Biwa. Japan’s largest lake, to learn more about Yoshizu. Yoshizu are traditional woven...
In tea cultivation, fertilizer management is an extremely important factor. This is because the quality of Japanese tea is determined by the amino acid content...
Sencha is a type of tea made by steaming the leaves, then rolling them multiple times into needle-like shapes. As green tea is a non-oxidized...
