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The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon- Day 10 | Shiga

Day 10 of The Japanese Tea Marathon has arrived and today we are travelling to Shiga! Shiga is one of the few landlocked prefectures in Japan. Right in the center of Shiga though lies Japan’s largest lake, Biwa, and it is believed that people have lived around the lake since the stone age. Shiga is…

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02/08/2021

Genmaicha, green tea, japan, Japanese Matcha, Japanese Tea, Japanese Tea Ceremony, loose leaf tea, sencha, tea, tea blog, tea blogger, Tea Learning, Tea Tasting

Genmaicha, japan, japanese green tea, Japanese Tea, Japanese Tea Marathon, loose leaf tea, sencha, shiga, tea blog, tea blogger, tea education, Tea Is A Wish Blog, Tea Tasting, The Global Japanese Tea Association, yabukita
The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon- Day 9 | Nara

Can you believe that we are already at Day 9 of the Japanese tea marathon! I feel like it’s all flying by so fast but I’m enjoying every single moment of it and I really have been able to learn so much. I’ll definitely be sad when it’s time for the marathon to finish but…

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01/08/2021

green tea, hojicha, Japanese Matcha, Japanese Tea, Japanese Tea Ceremony, loose leaf tea, sencha, tea, tea blog, tea blogger

hojicha, japan, Japanese Tea, Japanese Tea Marathon, loose leaf tea, Nara, sencha, tea blog, tea blogger, Tea Is A Wish Your Heart Makes, The Global Japanese Tea Association, Tsukigase Organic Tea Farm, Yamatomidori, Zairai
The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon- Day 8 | Kyoto

Kyoto is known as the cultural capital of Japan. It was the actual capital of the country for more than 1000 years (between 794 – 1868)! When the capital of Japan was moved to Tokyo, a lot of significant culture still remained in Kyoto. Even today, Kyoto is home to over 2,000 temples and shrines.…

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31/07/2021

Chanoyu, Gyokuro, Japanese Tea, Japanese Tea Ceremony, matcha, Omotesenke, tea, tea blog, tea blogger, Tea Learning, Tencha, Urasenke

Gyokuro, Imanishi Seicha, Japanese Tea, Japanese Tea Marathon, kyoto, loose leaf tea, matcha, tea, tea blog, tea blogger, tea education, Tea Tasting, Tencha, The Global Japanese Tea Association, Uji, wazuka, Yoshida Meichaen
The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon- Day 6 | Nagasaki

Located on the west side of Kyushu island, Nagasaki itself has the largest number of islands in Japan. For a long time Nagasaki was known as the gateway to Japan, with it’s geographical location making it one of the main ports for trading with Asia and Europe. During the isolation period of Japan – ‘sakoku’…

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29/07/2021

green tea, hojicha, Japanese Matcha, Japanese Tea, Japanese Tea Ceremony, loose leaf tea, matcha, tamaryokucha, tea, tea blog, tea blogger

hojicha, japanese green tea, Japanese Tea, Japanese Tea Marathon, loose leaf tea, tamaryokucha, tea, tea blog, tea blogger, Tea Is A Wish Blog, Tea Is A Wish Your Heart Makes, Tea Learning, tea review, Tea Tasting, The Global Japanese Tea Association
The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon – Day 3 | Kumamoto

Day 3 of the Japanese Tea Marathon has arrived and just like the previous post I’ll be taking you through everything I have learnt in today’s session including information about the region, tea within the region and information about today’s guest tea producer and the teas they produce. Today’s Tea region is Kumamoto, which is…

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25/07/2021

green tea, Japanese Tea, Japanese Tea Ceremony, loose leaf tea, Pan Fried Tea, tea, tea blog, tea blogger, Tea Is A Wish Blog, Wakoucha

Black Tea, green tea, Japanese Tea, Japanese Tea Marathon, Kumamon, Kumamoto, Kyushu, loose leaf tea, Pan Fried Tea, tea, tea blog, tea blogger, The Global Japanese Tea Association, Wakaoucha

The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon- Day 10 | Shiga

The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon- Day 9 | Nara

The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon- Day 8 | Kyoto

The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon- Day 6 | Nagasaki

The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon – Day 3 | Kumamoto