October 2020 – Nagasaki Ikedoki Tea

Monitor tea tour 21 November

Our tea tour on Saturday 21 November has been fully booked.If you are interested in booking a tea tour with us, please […]

We will finally be hosting two tea tours to visit Higashi-Sonogi in person this November! On Saturday 14 & 21 November, join […]

Our online tea tours have now finished for this year. We hope to welcome you on another tea tour (online or in […]

How old is the longest-lived tea tree in Japan? The answer is over 300 years old! Currently, the longest tea tree in […]

“Tea, please!” If you were to ask a Japanese person that, they would probably offer you sencha. In the West, most people […]

Tamaryokucha is a green tea that has a curved (curled) shape like a ball. Types of Tamaryokucha Currently, there are two types […]

In Hirado City, Nagasaki Prefecture, there is the oldest tea plantation in Japan. This tea field is said to have been opened […]

Spread a peaceful world with Japanese tea! We believe tea connects people and cultures. Tea has been embraced by many different cultures […]

Japanese tea was first introduced to Europe in 1610 when a Dutch merchant ship brought tea back from Hirado in Nagasaki. This […]