Samurai Chajin Tea Experience Course
A unique and unforgettable experience.
Experience time: 2 hours
Fee (per person): 5,000 yen
Compare different teas to find the one you like best. Or experience the process of making tea and learn to make it at home. Or, you can actually go into a tea plantation and try tearing tea leaves. By coming into contact with various kinds of tea, your enjoyment of tea will expand. That is the kind of experience we offer.
English available
The experience is available in English or Japanese.
Experience time: 2 hours Morning session (10:30-12:30) Afternoon session (13:30-15:30)
Please let us know if you wish to adjust the time according to your travel schedule.
Various Experiences at Samurai Chajin
Experience Course 1: Matcha Experience (2 hours)
What you can do in this course
Learn about matcha (what makes it different from other teas)
You will learn how to make a beautiful bowl of matcha.
By drinking several matcha teas, you can learn the difference in taste of matcha.
The following contents are included
Basic knowledge about Matcha, hands-on Matcha grinding, Matcha making technique, Matcha art, Chabukuri(tea guessing game) with Matcha, Q&A, Free time.
Experience Course 2: Uji Tea Experience(2 hours)
What you can do in this course
You will be able to understand the differences between teas (differences in appearance, taste, and production methods of sencha, gyokuro, matcha, hojicha, and other teas).
You will be able to know what kind of tea you like (since you drink a lot of tea). So you can enjoy shopping at Japanese tea stores.
You can enjoy experiencing tea making such as Chakabuki (tea drinking guessing game) and Hojicha (roasted green tea) making.
The following contents are included.
Basic knowledge of Uji tea, drinking various types of Uji tea (Japanese tea show), hojicha making, Chakabuki(tea guessing game), Q&A, free time
The location will be at the Samurai Chajin's house or the Samurai Chajin's tea farm, either of your choice, which you often see on YouTube.
Samurai Chajin's house
Advantages at the house (Seika town)
Air-conditioned, cool in summer and warm in winter
Disadvantages at the house
No experience of entering the tea fields (tea trees are planted at the house, so you can touch them).
Access (Seika Samurai Chajin's house)
By public transportation (free pick up and drop off)
Please arrive at Kintetsu Shin-Hosono(B21) station(30 minutes from Kyoto(B01) Station by Kintetsu Railway)
15 minutes prior to the start of your experience.
We will come to pick you up.
Details will be explained at the time of reservation.
*The pick-up station is different from that of the Samurai Chajin’s tea farm.
By car
Please come to Seika Town Hall.
Details will be explained at the time of reservation.
Samurai Chajin's tea farm
Advantages at the farm (Ujitawara town)
You can enter the tea field.
Disadvantages at the farm
Hot in summer and cold in winter because it is mostly outdoors (rain can be sheltered).
Access (Ujitawara Samurai Chajin's tea farm)
By public transportation (free pick up and drop off)
Please arrive at Kintetsu Shin-Tanabe(B16) station(25 minutes from Kyoto(B01) Station by Kintetsu Railway)
40 minutes prior to the start of your experience.
We will come to pick you up.
Details will be explained at the time of reservation.
*The pick-up station is different from that of the Samurai Chajin’s house.
By car
Please come to Ujitawara Town Hall.
Details will be explained at the time of reservation.
Payment of Fees
Payment will be made on site. Payment can be made in cash or by QR payment (PayPay, auPAY, d-payment) .PayPal is available.
How to make a reservation
Please indicate your preferred date (morning or afternoon), preferred location (house or farm), preferred course (1) Matcha, 2) Uji tea, and number of participants from the contact form below. If you do not receive a reply within 2 days, please contact us at info@iwamoto-hiroyoshi.com (Please note that “@” is capitalized to prevent spam.)