Online Talk about Japanese Tea
Joined 2014
I’ve enjoyed offering a tea tour here in Shizuoka, Japan’s No.1 tea producer. Now, under the situation of COVID19, I’d like to suggest an online opportunity for tea lovers across the world! As a Japanese tea instructor, I can share the information on tea including types of tea, production, process, health benefits, how to enjoy it and the like.
I hope this will be a help for you to know more about Japanese tea. You can gain further understanding and enjoy it more in your future visit!
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Timezone
Asia/Tokyo (UTC +9hs)
Meeting up online
I will cover the list below, but if you have any other request or like to focus on a specific topic, please let me know in advance.
- Introducing Japan’s largest tea producer, Shizuoka
- Health benefits
- A variety of tea & Categorization
- Production & process
- How to enjoy tea: Demonstration of making a cup of sencha, leaf green tea (If you have some tea, you can do it with me.)
- Q&A
* The demonstration is NOT matcha tea ceremony.
* This will be a sort of seminar style to learn more about tea with the use of PPT and video images, however, I’d like you to feel relaxed just like a tea table talk and hope you will enjoy it!
Want to personalize this tour?
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Inclusions & Exclusions
Guide fee
Online(Skype or Zoom) set up
Tour Important Information
* I’ll send you a Skype or Zoom link a day before the scheduled date.
(Basically, if your group joins this experience through one PC, I'll send you a Zoom Link, If the access is from more than one PC, I'll send a Skype Link to you.)
* Please let me know the number of participants and your specific interest or request if you have, so that we can smoothly start after signing in.
* Please refrain from recoding audio and video and taking pictures in the online experience.
* Please note that I cannot take responsibility for communication failures due to online/computer system.
Available hours: 9:00am to 10:00pm(JST)
Important message from the supplier
I can guide you in cities other than Shizuoka if you pay my transportation fee.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 48 hours prior to meeting time
- No Refund - less than - 24 hours before the meeting time
Joined 2014
About Tour Guide Hiroyo A.
Hello, I’m Hiroyo. I was born and brought up in Shizuoka. After living in Tokyo and in England, eventually I came back to Shizuoka. It is really a good place to live.
I have been interested in Japanese traditional culture. I used to be in a Kendo(Japanese fencing) club and a Japanese flower arrangement club when I was a student. I got a degree of Sho-dan(first-dan) in Kendo, and a diploma in follower arrangement. I also got a certificate as a Japanese tea instructor. It would be my great pleasure to help you find out more about Japanese culture.
Shizuoka is a lovely place to visit. It has many historical sites, traditional culture, abundant nature and a wide variety of local specialties including green tea, wasabi, many kinds of fruits and sea food fresh from the sea! You will be sure to enjoy them. Hope to see you here in Shizuoka!
Reviews
Jeaney Y.
Toshogu Shrine, Shimizu Sushi Museum & Lunch
“Tea and Views”
This is our second tour with Hiroyo, and truly enjoyed this in a different way! Hiroyo is highly knowledgeable on everything about Japanese tea, so if you love tea she is the perfect guide. Understanding the different tea varieties, seeing the tea farm and consuming tea from farm to cup is genuinely a beautiful experience. If you have not seen Mt Fuji from the Shizuoka side, Nihondaira is the place! Lovely tour with tea, sacred space with immense significance to Japan and breathtaking views. Thank you Hiroyo!
Hiroyo A.
Thank you so much for another day tour here in Shizuoka! There are many attractions here and it is always my great pleasure to welcome you. Shizuoka is a must visit for tea lovers and for a great fan of Shogun as well! A view of Mt. Fuji was perfect during your stay in the beginning of December. If you have another opportunity to visit here, I’ll offer you a different nice experience! Thank you again and best wishes, Hiroyo
Jeaney Y.
Tea Tour for tea lovers! - to know everything about tea!
“Tea and Handicraft”
Had a wonderful time with Hiroyo on this wonderful, relaxing and meaningful tour! If you love tea and making things, this is the perfect tour. Hiroyo is a warm, very personable and patient guide who looks after you well. Shizuoka is lovely, not overcrowded with tourists and offer an authentic Japanese experience that is unique to this region with the occasional nice views of Mt Fuji even! This tour and Hiroyo is highly recommended. Thank you for looking after us, Hiroyo!
Hiroyo A.
Thank you very much for your warm and kind message! I’m so happy to hear that you enjoyed Shizuoka! As you mentioned, it is a more relaxing place with mild climate, a view of Mt. Fuji and hidden history and culture. It was a nice time for me to be with you! Thank you so much! Hiroyo
“A lovely tour by an incredible tour guide”
Hiroyo provided us an incredible tour of the Fujinomiya area, and went above and beyond by helping us solve issues outside the scope of the tour! She was organized, thoughtful, knowledgeable, and had a great energy. She not only facilitated a tour of some amazing locations (with the tea farm being our favorite!) but she truly elevated the tour through her commentary, attitude, and visual aids. If you’re reading this and considering a tour of the area around Mt. Fuji, do not pass up a tour with Hiroyo!
Hiroyo A.
Thank you very much for giving me such a great review! I’m so happy to hear that you and your friends enjoyed the tour here. I’ll tell your comment to the tea farm, they will be pleased as well. I hope you can fully enjoy the rest of the trip! If you have another chance to visit to Japan, I’m always happy to welcome you, hopefully with the goddess of Mt. Fuji like today!! Let me tell you again, thank you so much for having me as your guide! Hiroyo
$19/ per person
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Tea Farm Visit in Fuji Area
An impressive view of green tea fields with Mt. Fuji can be enjoyed in this area if the weather is fine. Let’s enjoy visiting a tea farm here to experience tea picking, have a look at tea factory and taste a good cup of tea. You can also visit Fujinomiya Sengen Shrine which is one of Fujisan World cultural Heritage sites, a long-established sake brewery and prize-winning Yakisoba noodle. I’d like you to fully enjoy this one day tour at the foot of Mt. Fuji!
Tea Tour for tea lovers! - to know everything about tea!
I believe the tour will be a great one for tea lovers to learn about more about Japanese tea. Shizuoka is one of the biggest tea producers in Japan having many production areas across the prefecture including Makinohara plateau, the largest tea plantation. We will visit two tea facilities located in this area. You can enjoy the experience of tea ceremony and other hands-on activities. As a Japanese Tea instructor, I hope I can be a help for you to fully enjoy this tea tour!
Blessings of Mt. Fuji - visit water fall & lake area
There are many places worth to visit around Mt. Fuji. Let's visit the Shiraito Water falls area. The place is one of Mt. Fuji World Heritage sites and the beauty attracts many people all year around. Then, Lake Tanuki is another attraction. If you like, you may want to enjoy hot spring(onsen) or Wasabi field there. After enjoying the natural blessings of Mt. Fuji, we'll visit the long-established shrine and the World Heritage Center to learn more about Mt. Fuji as a sacred mountain.
