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Problems of Rural Communities in Developed Nations

On 2012/04/06 By

While our business is to sell tea, we are also very concerned about social issues related to tea farming. This concern begins on our front porch. Wazuka, like similar rural communities in developed nations, faces many problems in an urbanizing and aging society. The aging population and long-term trend for descendants to move to the [...]

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Preparing for the First Flush

On 2012/03/30 By

Akky-san and his assistants, Mame-san and Supakets, have been busy planting the new baby tea trees and preparing the matured fields for the coming first flush. To prepare the team is trimming down the top of all the hedges so the first flush can have a fresh start after this cold winter. Just like harvesting [...]

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Tea Tree Planting with Wazuka Middle School

On 2012/03/22 By

Yesterday we invited a group of energetic middle school students to help us plant baby tea trees in a new field. About 25 students marched to the field with smiles on their faces and clean white gloves on their hands. Akky-san gave a brief introduction to how the baby trees were started in the nursery [...]

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Valentine's Day Matcha Chocolate

Valentine’s Day in Japan

On 2012/02/08 By

We are currently preparing for the shipment of Obubu’s Valentine’s Day chocolate. This year we have partnered with a patissiere from Nara named Kubo to create AMAZING green tea chocolates made from white chocolate and matcha powder. During the product development period I had the great fortune to taste the chocolate. All I have to [...]

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Sleepy Tea Fields

On 2012/01/30 By

In the Winter season there is not much working going on in the fields. When I ask Akky-san what his work is for the day he says that it is limited to applying fertilizer. Although there is not much work going on the fields are still as beautiful as ever. I took a Friday afternoon [...]

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Tohoku Caravan – Reporting with Love

On 2012/01/27 By

Article by Elyse Petersen (Obubu intern from Hawaii). Click on photos to enlarge. Tea Relief Caravan Closure Since finishing the Tea Relief Caravan on January 19 our team of volunteers has been reporting on the situation in Tohoku and the power tea had to bring light to communities that have experienced so much heartache in the past [...]

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Interning at Obubu

On 2012/01/26 By

Aloha, my name is Elyse Petersen. I am a student in the Japan-focused MBA program, a program of the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Shidler College of Business and the Japan-America Institute of Management Sciences. As part of my degree I must complete a 3-month long internship at a Japanese company to put my Japanese business knowledge to [...]

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Obubu’s President Akky & Visitors to the Tea Field

On 2011/10/25 By

Obubu Tea farmer/president Akky & visitors from Obubu Staff on Vimeo.

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September 15th: Thursday Farming Experience

On 2011/10/24 By

For today’s Thursday Farming Experience, Mr. Yoshino joined us! He joined us for three weeks in a row from the [...]

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Farm Work of the 2nd and 3rd weeks of Aug – Pulling and cutting weeds!

On 2011/10/24 By

We’ve been doing maintenance work of our teafarm for the last two weeks. The main work is to remove weeds grow [...]

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