Local tea farm tour with tasting session

Highlights

• Tour a local tea farm and factory with an active and friendly tea farmer
• Experience the many flavours of Japanese tea that can come from the one plant at a tasting session
• Help us support this Japanese tradition that's struggling in Japan
• A special opportunity to purchase directly from the producer

About the experience

This experience is only available on a guided tour with us.

After arriving in a quaint mountain valley, we’ll first visit the tea fields with our local friendly tea farmer to talk about Japanese tea plant varieties and ways of farming. Then we'll travel to the tea factory where the farmer will give us a tour of the machinery used to make tea. Finally we'll have a tasting session where he'll explain the types of tea and varieties of steeping methods to get the perfect flavour.

Price

¥15,000 - Private group. Experience and guide cost for duration of experience (~2 hours). 4 guests maximum. Only run as part of a Hihumi 1.2.3. custom guided tour.

Included in experience

• Tea tasting (4-6 varieties)

Not included in experience

• Personal purchases (for example buying tea from the farm)
• Other food and drink

Tour timing and guest numbers

Season/Days: All year round (excluding the busy tea-making season: early to mid-May). In general held only on weekdays (Saturdays and Sundays may be possible)
Times: Roughly 2 hours. Start time flexible.
Max/min guests: Minimum: 1 guest, Maximum 4 guests (with rentacar), maximum 2 guests if needing transport.

Access

Meeting point (for guests using public transport): Hon-Nagashino Station (JR Iida line), Aichi Prefecture, Shinshiro City.
Example route: <2.5 hours. Nagoya → Toyohashi (Tokaido Shinkansen) → Hon-Nagashino (JR Iida Line, spelled i-i-d-a).

Requirements/information

Comfortable shoes and a hat are recommended for walking around the tea fields. The tour area and content may change in the event of rain. Please let us know in advance if you have any allergies.

Example combinations with this experience

• Join this tea experience after a Mt. Horaiji hiking tour (Half-Day/Full-Day) to wind down from the climb.
• Enjoy local food and culture by combining with a gohei mochi making experience

Cancellation policy

See our Guided tour policies and conditions page.