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This past Saturday intern Elyse served Obubu tea at TEDxKyotoChange. TEDxKyoto is a newly formed group in Japan that seeks to become a hub for ideas worth spreading in Kyoto. This is naturally the perfect place for Obubu to serve tea and share our idea of connecting tea farmers with tea lovers around the world. [...]

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2-Day Festival of a Thousand Tea Farmers and Tea Lovers All-You-Can-Drink from around the world India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Korea, Japan (Wazuka, Shizuoka, Yame, Kyoto, Nara…) Date and Time: Saturday 3/10/2012 – Sunday 3/11/2012 10AM-4PM Location: Green Tea Wazuka Town, Soraku District, Kyoto Prefecture Shuttle bus to event location will be available from JR Kamo Station Admission Fee: [...]

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This past weekend Akky-san and I participated in a very competitive tea tasting tournament in Uji. About 30 people tasted 5 rounds of 5 different teas varied by the region in which they were grown. This was my first time to challenge my palette with Japanese teas, but I had a great time learning. The top quality [...]

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A tea cafe that offers a selection of tea from Wazuka (including Obubu teas) is now open! Location: Daimaru department store, Karasuma Shijo subway stop. http://www.daimaru.co.jp/kyoto A cafe that specializes in tea is now open in Daimaru department store which is located in the city center of Kyoto. The cafe serves only a maximum of [...]

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Asahi Newspaper and Kyoto Newspaper featured Obubu’s University of Cha on 16th October, 2011. The article talked about University of Cha’s opening ceremony and our lesson on “Immersing oneself in Tea”. ▼Read more on University of Cha’s opening ceremony ⇒ University of Cha – Opening Ceremony Thank you for featuring us!!!

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University of Cha Opening Ceremony – 15th October, 2011 University of Cha is established to spread and share the knowledge of cha (tea). Anybody can join our university as long as you have the passion to learn everything about tea! Our campuses are tea plantations and we are inviting anybody who is knowledgeable about tea [...]

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Obubu Tea received visitors from Montreal, Canada. Bernie and his friends got a tour of our tea plantations.  

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Obubu Tea joined two tea events in October! We opened a booth in Tokyo and Aichi!   “Kyoto & Shiga Cr [...]

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We held an autumn tea picking event on Oct. 1! This is the third year of this unique event you can enjoy tea p [...]

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Obubu VP Yasuharu “Matsu” Matsumoto participated in the World Tea Expo in Las Vegas as the founding member of the International Tea Farms Alliance (teafarms.org / twitter.com/teafarms). The ITFA is a non-profit organization formed by Obubu along with various tea farms around the world to increase awareness of tea farmers among tea drinkers and help [...]

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eco farmerKyoto Obubu Tea Plantations is a certified "Eco Farmer" of Kyoto Prefecture granted as a result of our low impact agricultural practices. Kyoto Pref website (JP only)

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Kyoto Obubu Tea Plantations is a member of Food Action Nippon (JP only), a government-organized effort to increase Japan's food self-sufficiency.