2023.09.16
Patisserie & Bakery “Kogasaka Bake” has been selling organic Japanese black tea since September 1, 2023, which the patissier has carefully selected from more than 100 varieties of Japanese black tea to match the sweets.
There are many Japanese black teas in Japan that are rich in variety, unique, and of high quality.
There are more than 100 variations of tea varieties alone. Even tea leaves of the same variety can vary greatly in taste and aroma depending on their place of origin, processing method, and maker, making it a very deep and intriguing world. Kogasaka Bake offers a lineup of Japanese black tea to be enjoyed with sweets carefully selected by our patissiers.
Kogasaka Bake recommends “Benifuuki”.
This black tea is best enjoyed with Earl Grey Pound, a specialty of Machida City.
It is characterized by its sweetness and richness reminiscent of caramel and fruity aroma like Darjeeling, and can also be enjoyed with milk tea.
Its gorgeous aroma and black tea-like astringency make it a perfect match for Earl Grey Pound.
Currently, we have three types of Japanese black tea, roasted tea, roasted oolong tea, and green tea in our lineup, but we plan to add more attractive Japanese teas to our selection of baked goods and sweets using Japanese black tea, as well as seasonal products.
We hope you will enjoy a “special tea time” with our delicious teas and sweets made with care.
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Experience Edo’s “Sakai” culture in Hoshinoya Tokyo
It’s like a public bath! ?? A store specializing in “cheese sweets” with the theme of Atami Onsen is now available for the first time!
Cafe “eX cafe Gion Yasaka” with a view of the Japanese garden
[Kyoto, Itohkyuemon] “Strawberry Matcha Parfait” that will be released this year as well
New store “Atami Butter An” opens in Nakamise Shopping Street at Atami Station
Nara
Countrywide
Kagawa
Kyoto
Countrywide
Atami Pudding: ‘Melon Pudding’ for a refreshing start to summer.
Shizuoka
The Prince Park Tower Tokyo offers a collaboration course with the National Museum of Western Art’s ‘Monet: A Time of Waterlilies’.
Tokyo
Kimpton Shinjuku Tokyo x Thirty-One Ice Cream Second collaboration, now with a summer specification that crosses ingredients and ice cream.
Tokyo
Hoshinoya Okinawa: Enjoy tea time while feeling the refreshing autumn breeze with the ‘Souju Afternoon Tea’.
Okinawa
Nostalgic and ‘new’. Showa cold drinks fair with a retro theme.
Kyoto
New pouch reproducing Aomori’s popular red ‘goldfish neputa’.
2024.07.08
Atami Pudding: ‘Melon Pudding’ for a refreshing start to summer.
2024.07.03
[ROKU KYOTO] ‘Summer Festival Stay Plan’ to enjoy the mood of summer events such as festivals and fireworks displays.
2024.07.03
A new water yo-yo transformed into a ‘cute Reiwa’ version.
2024.07.01
[YOJIYA] The summer-only product ‘Aburatorigami Matcha’ will be on sale all year round.
2024.06.28
The Prince Park Tower Tokyo offers a collaboration course with the National Museum of Western Art’s ‘Monet: A Time of Waterlilies’.
2024.06.26
Hokkaido
Event
The Japanese-style ryokan Shikanoyu Hana-Momiji, which has inherited the hot spring culture of northern Japan, is offering a limited-time offer to coincide with the Jozankei Nature Luminarie (Jozankei Nature Luminarie), a festival held in the hot spring resort area, featuring a beautiful walking path with a gorge and clear stream.
Yamagata
Travel
The mysterious scenery of Lake Shirakawa in the town of Iide in southern Yamagata Prefecture can be seen only during two months in spring. In spring, a large amount of melt water flows into Lake Shirakawa from the Iide mountain range, one of Japan’s 100 most famous mountains, where there is heavy snowfall. When the lake is full of water, it creates a fantastic sight of white willow trees as if they are growing out of the water.
Tokyo
Restaurant
Food
Hotel Metropolitan will hold the “Nagasaki Fair” from January 15, 2024 (Monday) at three of its restaurants: the all-day dining restaurant Crossadyne, the Japanese restaurant Hanamusashi, and the Shikisai Saryo Shunka.
Tokyo
Restaurant
Food
Ramen Izakaya Deniro is offering a collaboration with street-style ramen restaurant “No Good Neighbor” starting Thursday, December 7, 2023.
Aomori
Event
Hoshino Resort Aomoriya, in cooperation with local railroad company Aoimori Railway Co., will operate a sightseeing train service on Saturdays and Sundays only from January 20 to February 11, 2024, offering meals and local sake while enjoying Aomori’s snowy landscape.
Tokyo
Travel
Hoshinoya Tokyo, a Japanese-style inn located in Otemachi, Tokyo, will again this year host the “New Year Kabuki Stay” program, a two-day and one-night stay from January 5 to 26, 2024.
For people living in Edo, one of their New Year’s pleasures was to watch Kabuki, and it was a chic way to spend the New Year. Theatrical teahouses supported this way of enjoying Kabuki. In addition to arranging tickets to the theater, the teahouses delighted patrons by providing a complete range of services, including plot notes, tea, sweets, makunouchi box lunches, and snacks and drinks (*1). Hoshinoya Tokyo offers a stay to celebrate the New Year with hospitality similar to the theatrical teahouses of the time.
*1: Tomizawa, Yoshihide and Fujita, Yosuke (2012). The Latest Kabuki Dictionary. Kashiwa Shobo.
