Kyoto Premium Tea Garden Tour & Wazuka Gourmet Experience

  • Kyoto : Others in Kyoto Prefecture
  • Hosted by wazukaya / 和束家

*Only provisional reservations are accepted.

  • Duration
    4.5h
  • Language
    Japanese, English, Chinese
    Japanese
    English
    Chinese
  • Number of guests
    1 ~ 8 guests
  • Unit Price
    Adults (age:13-80)
    ¥130,000
    Children (age:6-12)
    ¥130,000
  • Cancellation Policy
    50%
    Cancellation from 2 days before
    100%
    Cancellation made on the day
    Cancellation fees are subject to the Cancellation Policy at the time the reservation is confirmed.

Summary

Experience tea leaf picking and cooking classes at a tea garden in Kyoto!
Overlooking the Ishidera Tea Garden, a Japanese Heritage Site, you will pick tea leaves in a tea garden that is normally off-limits to visitors.

In a cooking class taught by a local instructor, you can make chasoba (noodles made from tea leaves), tempura of tea leaves, and other dishes.
Grind powdered green tea using a stone mortar and enjoy the experience with Japanese sweets.

Details

When one thinks of Kyoto, one thinks of traditional temples and shrines, cobblestone streets, and kimono-clad geisha.
But there is another side to Japan's ancient capital beyond the urban areas, where the landscape is transformed into vast green terraced tea plantations.
This special tea experience takes place in a tea garden in the very town of Wazuka in southern Kyoto.
There, some of the finest tea in the country is grown and harvested.
During this tour, you will have the opportunity to interact with local farmers and cook with local ingredients.

[Itinerary]
Pick-up: Arrive at the store by chartered car from your hotel or train station in Kyoto or Nara.
Tea leaf picking: Walk through tea fields and pick tea while viewing the Ishidera Tea Garden
Cooking class (optional): Make tea soba noodles (noodles made from tea leaves) under the guidance of a local instructor.
Tea tasting and lunch: Taste tea leaf batter fried tempura, chasoba, and three kinds of Japanese tea.
Matcha experience (optional): Grind matcha using a millstone and make matcha tea. Please enjoy with 2 tea dumplings.
Souvenir: Tea spices

Enjoy Kyoto's tea culture and cooking class.

Meeting place

Map
Address
21 Hatsuodaira, Ishitera, Wazuka-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto, Japan
Guests staying in Kyoto or Nara city can be picked up at the hotel.
Please contact the organizer.

Host Information

Host name
wazukaya / 和束家
Address
Ishi-dera Hatsu Ohihei 21 Sagara-gun Wazuka Town Kyoto