Grinpia Makinohara

Good Visit if You Are Into Tea

I visited as part of a tour group. We went to the tea fields with a member of the tea farm staff for information about growing and harvesting tea. She did not speak english.so our tour guide acted as ...

Good Visit if You Are Into Tea

I visited as part of a tour group. We went to the tea fields with a member of the tea farm staff for information about growing and harvesting tea. She did not speak english.so our tour guide acted as ...

Somewhat disappointing

I visited here at the end of July, but since we didn't realize that you can only do the green tea picking at select times during the day (once at 11am on weekdays or 11am and 2pm on weekends, or somet...

Somewhat disappointing

I visited here at the end of July, but since we didn't realize that you can only do the green tea picking at select times during the day (once at 11am on weekdays or 11am and 2pm on weekends, or somet...

Well worth it if you're into tea

On our recent trip to Japan in July, I wanted to visit the area around Kakegawa as it's known as the center of fukamushi (deep-steamed) sencha, and I'm a big fan of green tea. I had been to the area b...