The Kurihara Brothers ā 4th generation tea farmers
The Kurihara brothers, Akio and Yuji, are 4th generation tea farmers, having taken over from their father, Kippei Kurihara. As a Yame city councilman, their father is very respected in...
Guest blogs from tea farmers & tea experts
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Sakura photos by Yuji Kurihara
(Left) Sakura petals have fallen due to the rain, but the petals on the ground created a beautiful artwork. (Right) Sakura petals floating on the water. The post Sakura photos...
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Photo: A romantic scene in the depth of Yame city
Photo, poem and comment from Yuji Kurihara-san: āHeart hidden in the depth of morning mist, autumn leaves color the cheeksā The Hyugami Dam (Yame city, Fukuoka) in my hometown has...
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Photo: sign of winter in Yabe-mura
Yuji Kurihara-san says: Wow! First snow of the season in Yabe-mura. The post Photo: sign of winter in Yabe-mura appeared first on YUNOMI.
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Photo: A view from Yuji Kurihara-sanās window
Yuji Kurihara-san says: When I opened the window, it was a snow country @ Yabe village The post Photo: A view from Yuji Kurihara-sanās window appeared first on YUNOMI.
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Yuji Kurihara-sanās lecture at local junior high school
Yuji Kurihara-san giving a lecture on āYamecha-ology ~how to prepare tea~ā at Yabe Junior High School. Hereās a photo that he shared, with a quote known among the Japanese tea...
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PHOTO: Kurihara Tea Field in Snow 2014
Akio Kurihara-san shared a photo of snow covered tea field. The post PHOTO: Kurihara Tea Field in Snow 2014 appeared first on YUNOMI.
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Yamecha black tea by the Kurihara family
The Kurihara family, in addition to being specialists of gyokuro tea cultivation and production, also one of only a few family farms in Japan making black tea from their premium...
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Kurihara today ā demonstrating Handrolling sencha
Today, Akio is giving a Handrolling (temomi) tea demonstration at the Hirokawa highway service area. he says, āitās hot.ā At 32C/90F degrees, itās actually cooler than it has been in...
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Akio Kurihara-sanās tea field during the rainy season
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Autumn leaves and tea fields
Says tea farmer Yuji Kurihara: they havenāt met in a year but on their reunion the fall leaves and the tea fields rejoice (=Ā“āļ½)äŗŗ(Ā“āļ½=) The post Autumn leaves and tea...
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Akio Kurihara-san shares a photo of tea field undergoing restoration
č¶ēåēćććøć§ćÆćć ä»ę„ćÆęćē©ŗć§é¢Øćå¼·ćčåÆććć§ććć®å±±ććć®ęÆč²ćč¦ććØę“ććććŖę°åć«ćŖćć¾ććć é å¼µćć¾ććććäøę©ćć¤ć Tea field restoration project. Today was cloudy, very windy, and chilly. But this view from the mountain brightened me up. Letās work hard. Step by step. The...
