Hands-on activities to experience Japanese culture

2020.02.19

Kyoto Prefecture, which is called the “old city”, is also called the “birthplace of Japanese culture” and has a variety of attractions that have been cultivated over its 1,200-year history. This magazine offers seasonal charms such as sightseeing, art, and gourmet from Kyoto, the home of culture.

"Fukujuen Uji tea studio" is dotted, eat, "tea experience"

Kyoto, famous for producing Uji tea. Tea culture can be said to be a representative of Japanese culture. Meanwhile, in September 2019, the renewal of the Uji tea experience facility “Fukujuen Uji Cha Kobo”, which has been established by Fukujuen, a long-established Uji tea for about 230 years. A new experience has been added and a saryo has opened.

“Experience tea bower 20 Cho” which was newly added in this renewal is a tea experience to enjoy in a private room.
Within the facility, there is a “ Genji Bridge ” that recreates a part of the old wood of “ Ujibashi ”, which is said to be the place where Hideyoshi Toyotomi pumped the water used for tea ceremony, and preferred from a total of 20 small rooms on the top Choose a room and experience. You can enjoy the matcha yourself while looking at the paper on which the matcha is written.
At Genjibashi, you can see the tea plantation and Byodo-in in the distance from a part, so you can experience it in a quiet moment.
In addition to this, there are various tea experiences, such as “Making tea by hand”, which makes green tea using the tea-making method handed down to Uji, and “Making green tea with stone mortar,” which grinds stone mills to make matcha.

The newly opened Gyokuro-tei also offers dishes and sweets using Fukujuen Gyokuro. There are a wide variety of menus such as “Gyokuro Taichazuke” and “Gyokuro Shiruko”, which use the Uji Kobo Limited product “Uji no Asama Gyokuro”, and the rare “Gyokuro Fruit Soda”.

Address: 10 Ujiyamada, Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture
Business hours: 10:00 to 17:00
Closed days: Monday (in the case of a holiday, the next day)
Experience fee: Refer to the official website below
体验费用: 请参考下列官方网站
TEL: 0774-20-1100

>Fukujuen Uji Tea Studio Official site

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