Shizuoka Tea Farm Tour: Blend Your Own Tea Under Mt. Fuji
A Shizuoka tea farm tour where you can mix your own tea blend from a dozen aromatic herbs, flowers, and spices; sitting in the shade of Japan’s iconic mountain. (Eat! Meet! Japan Silver Award 2020)
Highlights
Meet Honda-san, a fifth-generation tea master in Shizuoka
Visit Obuchi Sasaba, a Shizuoka tea farm overlooked by Mt. Fuji
Make your own tea blend from sencha, kojicha, kocha, and over 10 types of spices, herbs, and flowers
Taste your original tea blends, seated in the center of the tea farm
Visit Honda-san’s tea farm for another tasting where you’ll brew your own tea
10 meals
Experience Details
Stop by Obuchi Sasaba tea farm in Shizuoka for a peaceful moment of reflection and for one of the most stunning views of Mt. Fuji in Japan. Neat rows of winding tea bushes cascade down from the hilly slope over which Fuji-san reigns, a breathtaking sight that’s like a scene from a postcard.
Here in Shizuoka, one of Japan’s top tea-growing areas, travelers can slow down and bask in nature, sitting on a wooden platform in the middle of the tea field. Guided by the fifth generation tea master Honda-san, visitors can make their own original tea blend, selecting sencha (Japanese green tea), hojicha (roasted tea), or kocha (black tea) as the base. Nearly a dozen types of spices, herbs, and dried flowers are available to add to the blend, contributing their own aromatic qualities.
Everyone will get to taste each tea blend as it’s made, each one with its own balance of floral, spice, and herbal aromas. Creative combinations and traditional blends are welcome. After naming and sealing up these tea blends, Honda-san will bring guests to his own tea farm in Shizuoka, where everyone will take turns brewing tea in the fields, with another striking view of Mt. Fuji against the sky.
Inclusions
Shizuoka tea farm tour of Obuchi Sasaba and Honda-san’s farm
Tea blend making experience (souvenir to take home)
Tea drinking experience at Honda-san’s tea farm in Shizuoka
Meeting Point and Meeting Time
We will meet at Honda-san's home (address in the welcome email)
Remarks
This experience is weather-dependent. If it is expected to rain, we will inform you of the cancellation the day before.
PLEASE NOTE: Experience times are 10:00, 12:15, 14:30, and 16:30. Please select "12:00" for the 12:15 experience.
Cancellation Policy
Cancel your booking at least 48 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.
Experience Location
A coastal prefecture located in central Japan between Tokyo and Osaka, Shizuoka is home to Mount Fuji (the highest mountain in Japan), beaches and hot spring resort towns, and a thriving agriculture industry producing some of the most delicious and highly coveted produce in Japan.
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10 meals
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