This is a one-of-a-kind workshop where you can experience how to brew both gyokuro and matcha at the same time.
The tea ceremony will be conducted in the "Ryureishiki" style, in which participants sit on chairs instead of sitting on the floor.
Calm and quiet moment with under the guidance of tea master Mutsuki Yamamoto, with all or your five senses.
About
Experience "Wabi-Sabi" with Mutsuki Yamamoto of Rindo, a brewery tea master, a Japan Tea Brewers Championship Winner at hands-on workshop with all five senses through Japanese tea.
We will learn how to brew one of the best gyokuro (a type of shaded green tea) produced in Uji, Kyoto, using a kyusu (Japanese teapot). In the second part, we will learn how to make and serve delicious matcha tea. You will actually touch a tea container, pour hot water into it, and brew the tea. In the last part, you will enjoy the tea just brewed by you with seasonal Wagashi(Japanese sweets).
Matcha and Sencha
Although Matcha is very known in the world, Sencha is popularly drunk among Japanese people.
Enjoy how they are different and in the flavor and a manner to drink.
Tea Brewing
Experience the authentic tea brewing by the Japan brewing winner.
Wagashi
Rindo offers the wagashi based on the Japanese solar term which has 24 seasons in a year.
Enjoy 24 different wagashi.
The Finest Gyokuro
You will brew one of the best gyokuro tea in Japan.
Only few places offer such a high-end gyokuro.
Eeplore why they said it is the best.
Life with Mutsuki Yamamoto
He started Saryo(modern tea room) called"Rindo," focusing on Japanese tea, in order to convey the beauty of Japanese food culture, including Japanese tea, sake, and seasonal ingredients, through the filter of a "modern teahouse. He has been working to spread tea culture not only in Japan but also in other countries around the world
Inside Mutsuki Yamamoto
When is the most exciting time for you in your work?
The moment when I feel a connection through tea.
What is your favorite moment in your work?
I love the moment when many people enjoy Japanese tea at tea ceremonies and workshops.
Why opening a Saryo in Zushi?
Coffee is popular in the Shonan(Seaside town area in Kanagawa) area.
It is significant to introduce tea culture in such an area.
BIO
Born in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto in 1988. Japan Tea Brewers Championship2022 Winner.After working as a waiter and sommelier at a restaurant in Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, he later became a sommelier at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Hayama, Miura-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture. After working as a waiter and sommelier at a restaurant in Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, he worked as an exclusive sommelier at a four-star Michelin hotel in Hayama, Miura-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture. He also worked as a sommelier at a four-star Michelin hotel in Hayama, Miura-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture.He has been working as a sommelier at a four-star Michelin hotel in Hayama, Miura-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture, and has also established a new restaurant, In 2021, he opened his own restaurant, "Rindo," focusing on Japanese tea, in order to convey the charm of Japanese food culture, including Japanese tea, sake, and seasonal ingredients, through the filter of a "modern teahouse. Rindo", a store focusing on Japanese tea. He has been working to spread tea culture not only in Japan but also in other countries around the world.
Meeting Location
Things to Know
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If you cancel after 17:00 on the day before the tour or "no show" :100% of the tour fee
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If you cancel after 17:00, 2 days prior to the tour date: 50%
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If you cancel after 17:00, 3 days prior to the tour date: Free
