Harvest and Process
Do it All Your Hands

Harvest and Process
Do it All Your Hands

Take you to the wild west Tokyo, Hinohara village.
Once their lives in mountains were with tea farms.
They made tea but not in purpose to make money.
They created handmade to meet their own needs.
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
One Day Course
Harvesting and Green Tea

 

In one day course, you can make Kettle roasted green tea. Lately, the most popular green tea in Japan is steamed green tea, whereas this Kettle roasted green tea is not well known even among Japanese people. But Kettle roasted tea has longer history. So called what ‘Kamako’ is the unique fragrance due to the roasting process.
 

You harvest tea leaves and process them yourself. You can do it all yourself and create your own handmade tea. After you complete, pack it to bring with you.
 

 
Holding period
The event is held during the first flush season, which means 1st May to 31st May. Check the calendar to see the date available.
 
Holding place
Kanoto Hinohara-vil Nishitama-gun Tokyo Japan
 
Schedule

 9:00
 Join us at JR Musashi Itsukaichi station. Welcome to wild west Tokyo. We pick you up to the tea farm by car. 
 (If you are to drive yourself, come directly to Kanoto International Trout Fishing Field at 9:45.)
 10:00-12:00
 Harvest your tea.
 
 12:00-13:00
 Lunch break. Prepare for it yourself or we recommend nearby restaurants.
 
 13:00-15:00
 Make your kettle roasted green tea.
 
 15:00-16:00
 Let’s taste your tea right away !
 
 17:00
 Goodbye at JR Musashi Itsukaichi station.
 

 
Price
6000JPY/person
 

Notes
The minimum number of participants for this tour is 2.
*Preschool children are free of charge.
Preschool children are not included in the minimum number of participants for the tour.
Please understand that we may have to cancel the tour due to weather or other reasons.
If you cancel the tour for any reason, you will be charged 0% of the participation fee up to 3 days prior to the tour, half of the fee up to the day before the tour, and the full amount of the fee on the day of the tour.
 
 
What to bring and wear
1) Long shirts, Long pants, caps or hats, Shoes that can get dirty
2) Lunch and drink (bring your own lunch or we recommend a nearby restaurant)
3)Towel
4) Insect repellent
 
Restaurants nearby 
Hinohara Terrace
 3 minutes walk from our tea farm. A fashionable restaurant. So popular that you should resereve it in advance.


Kanoto international trout fishing field
 3 minutes walk from our tea farm. A trout fishing ground with a restaurant.
 
 
 

The 2024 calender is coming in April.  

 

Two days course
 Process Black Tea

 

Likewise the 1 day course, at the first day of the 2 days course, you make green tea. And on the next day, you make black tea out of the leaves left to rest overnight.

 

Process black tea one day after you harvest leaves. During the process, fragrance and color change time to time. Same tea leaves, but they show you various characteristics according to the process you choose.
 

 
Holding period
The event is held during the first flush season, which means 1st May to 31st May. Check the calendar to see the date available.
 
Holding place
Kanoto Hinohara-vil Nishitama-gun Tokyo Japan
 
Schedule

The 1st day
 9:00
Join us at JR Musashi Itsukaichi station. Welcome to wild west Tokyo. We pick you up to the tea farm by car. (If you are to drive yourself, come directly to Kanoto International Trout Fishing Field at 9:45.)
 
 10:00-12:00
 Harvest your tea.
 
 12:00-13:00
 Lunch break. Prepare for it yourself or we recommend nearby restaurants.
 
 13:00-15:00
 Make your kettle roasted green tea.
 
 15:00-16:00
 Let’s taste your tea right away !
 
 17:00
 Goodbye at JR Musashi Itsukaichi station.
 
The 2nd day
 9:00
 Join us at JR Musashi Itsukaichi station.(If you are to drive yourself, come directly to Kanoto International Trout Fishing Field at 9:45.)

 
 10:00-12:00
 Process black tea
 
 12:00-13:00
 Lunch break. Prepare for it yourself or we recommend nearby restaurants.
 
 13:00-14:30
 Process black tea
 
 14:30-16:00
 Let's have tea party with our own handmade tea.
 
 17:00
 Goodbye at JR Musashi Itsukaichi station.
 

 
Price
10000JPY/person
 

Notes
The minimum number of participants for this tour is 2.
*Preschool children are free of charge.
Preschool children are not included in the minimum number of participants for the tour.
Please understand that we may have to cancel the tour due to weather or other reasons.
If you cancel the tour for any reason, you will be charged 0% of the participation fee up to 3 days prior to the tour, half of the fee up to the day before the tour, and the full amount of the fee on the day of the tour.
 
 
What to bring and wear
1) Long shirts, Long pants, caps or hats, Shoes that can get dirty
2) Lunch and drink (bring your own lunch or we recommend a nearby restaurant)
3)Towel
4) Insect repellent
 
Restaurants nearby 
Hinohara Terrace
 3 minutes walk from our tea farm. A fashionable restaurant. So popular that you should resereve it in advance.


Kanoto international trout fishing field
 3 minutes walk from our tea farm. A trout fishing ground with a restaurant.