Shopping in Japan is exhausting and it is amazing what a little green tea and a whole lot of sugar can do to recharge your enthusiasm.
Category Archives: Green Tea
Lipton Teahouse Kyoto
Are you a jiggler or a dangler?
On our recent trip to Japan, two weeks before the earthquake and tsunami hit the Tohoku region of Japan, we visited the Lipton teahouse on Shijo Dori, Kyoto. Now for those who live in Australia you may be asking why would you visit a teahouse whose brand is famous for supermarket teabags?
We Visit Our Green Tea Farm in Uji
We have been importing fresh Japanese green tea directly from a small farm in Uji Tawara since 2008, for our personal consumption and to share with our customers. You may have already read about our trip to Uji to see the cherry blossoms and Byodo-in temple but this time we’d like to show you our green tea farm in Uji Tawara, a half hour drive away from the main town of Uji.
Uji – Birthplace of Japanese Green Tea
About 80 minutes from Osaka is a town of about 200,000 called Uji. This tiny township attracts hoards of visitors especially in the springtime due to its picturesque stands of cherry blossoms and one of the most famous temples in Japan called Byodo-in. A likeness of the temple graces one side of the ¥10 coin.
