enjoy the Foods over here,
If you got a chance to come.
Barrel Valley, Kirishima.
another good place to explore.
http://www.praha-gen.com/praha-gen/reservation/data/menu02.pdf
http://www.oishii-world.com/05Highlights.html
1 November 2012, Thursday
2 November 2012, Friday
3 November 2012, Saturday
Other Events
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Haha,
so sad to hear this from an Obasan over here in Krishima.
a Singaporean married to here for more than fifteen years,
formerly staying at Toa Payoh.
OMG first time seeing Singaporean here.
She was so happy seeing us.
This shown that , over here this place still very virgin to our locals(cheap cheap) still never know here.
We are this first group of Singaporean here, as told by her.
Why is this place so interesting.
see the video.
Remember this kind of wooden toys.
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★Chiran-no-midori Okuichiban★ This green tea is made in Chiran. This tea is one of a blend tea which has sweety such as concentrate delicious air in Tiran. It contain mainly Okuyutaka leaves which characteristic is elegant aroma and tasty, Yabukita leaves and Asatsuyu leaves. On first drink you will be surprise at its sweety. |
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★Kirameki-no-shizuku Asaichiban★ This green tea is made in Chiran. This tea is one of a high-grade blend tea which contain a lot of Asatsuyu leaves. Asatsuyu leaves have an another name "natural Gyokuro". Because its condition of growth is too hard, it become one of rare valuable leaves in Japan. Kirameki-no-shizuku has very beautiful shiny color of water. |
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★Chiran-no-megumi Yabuichiban★ This green tea is made in Chiran. This contain Yabukita which represent Green tea leaves. It is easy for inexperienced people to drink. |
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★Hojyun Satsuma-no-tsurugi★ This green tea is made in Chiran. Ichibancha is the first picking leaves of the year. And Mirume is the small top of Ichibancha, so it is small in quantity. This is the luxurist tea which contain Mirume leaves. Its looking is just soft and young. Water color is fresh green, aroma is elegant, taste is mild and Umami is strong. This tea give a joy in the first of spring. |
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★Tsukushidake Tiran-no-benifuuki★ This tea is made in Chiran. Benifuuki is a kind of tea leaves which is watched with keen interest for improving effect of an allergy symptom, for example hay fever. |
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★Matsumoto-Hanzucha★ This green tea is made in Matsumoto. Hanzucha is a kind of Iricha. It is roasted in water-jug which is called Hanzu on the oven and rolled several times out of Hanzu. It need a long experience for the quantity of leaves, adequate temperature, roast time, adjustment rolling and so on. Hanzucha has unique smell of fermentation. To enjoy Hanzucha is difficult for inexperienced people. |
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★Midori-no-takumi RyokutyaDensetsu★ This green tea is made in Shibushi. This tea a kind of Fukamushicha. Fukamushicha is said generally that its rough taste become smaller and sweet taste become more strong but its aroma is more week. However the farmer has the greatest technique of making who is sometimes called a top or second farmer in Kagoshima Prefecture, and its taste rich with deeply aroma. It is just craftsmanship. Takumi in Japanese means Craftsman in English. Midori means green. So Midori-no-takumi means Craftsman of Green tea. And Ryokutya means green tea. Densetsu means Legend. So that RyokutyaDensetsu is equal to the legend of green tea.。 |
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★Inishie-no-seirei EizaiMonogatari★ This green tea is made in Shibusi. This tea is also a kind of Fukamushicha. The best leaves choosed from all leaves are made over high heat. It smells fragrant and taste coll. |
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★Ougonmitsu Kodama★ This tea is made in Shibusi. I was moved when I drunk this tha at the forst time. How sweet it was! The fist pot was very sweet as a sugared water, the second pot express Umami strongly and the third pot taste rich with comfortable rough. From the first pot to the third pot, this tea change well. This is made by a traditional method. |
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★Kin-no-Kaimonmidori★ This tea is made in Ei. Gold water color is best for green tea. The good tea water is shining gold. This tea is made from the 50% Yabukita tea leaves and the 50% Saemidori tea leaves which is the most popular now. It somehow give a nostalgic sense, but it is new. |
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★Murasaki-no-Kaimonmidori★ This tea is made in Ei. The farmer seeks the beauty golden water color at this tea too. It is made from the Yabukita tea leaves mainly, the Yutakamidori tea leaves, the Okumidori tea leaves and the Saemidori tea leaves. The farmer regard the balance of taste as the most important thing, the tea has a old familiar taste. They never follow the newest fashion and seek the real green tea. It is best for a small relax. |
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★Sennenkaikyou Hama-no-midori★ This green tea is made in Shibushi. This is the tea which blended Yutakamidori, Yabukita and Asatsuyu leaves. It reconciled with the substantial taste and the smooth feeling in throat. It is the extravagant tea which uses the earliest tea leaves only. |
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★KirishimaKabusecha Kirikage★ This green tea is made in Kirishima. This Kirishima tea is sometimes called Gyokuro made in Kagoshima. This Kabusecha is stronger shade the light than general Kabusecha, so its tea contain the condenseed nutrients. It has the strongest Umami and body, and taste well. We has asked often what seasoning contain in the tea, but no seasoning are in. This tea has really deep Umami. |
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★KirishimaShinzan Kirishimamegumi High★ This green tea is made in Kirishima. The best leaves which are grown up at the base of a mountain of Kirishima is processed by a traditional mean. This have strong Umami. |
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★KirishimaShinzan Kirishimamegumi Premium★ This green tea is made in Kirishima. This tea is made by the same method of the above-mentioned tea. When you observe thier leaves, you will found wounderful quality soon. |
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★Powder green tea Kirisame★ This green tea is made in Kirishima. This tea is a powder green tea which has a strong Umami. The farmer grinds carefully with a stone mortar after they get an order, so its aroma always fresh. Its bitter taste is stronger than the common Matcha a little. To add milk and drink as a green tea au lait is the best for the person who is poor at bitterness. It is the popular tea which is full of the marine blessing. |
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★New Green Gyokuryokucha TamaguriHachijyuuhachiya★ This green tea is made in Kanoya. The tea is a standard of Tamaguricha. It has a young and spiring green's aroma. |
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★Green Magatama FukamushiTamaguricha★ This green tea is made in Kanoya. This Fukamushi tea is rare for Tamaguricha. It is with features of both Tamagiricha which has only a little rough and Fukamushicha which taste mild and calm. |
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★Matcha★ This green tea is made in Kanoya. Matcha is rare tea in Kagoshima. It taste more bitter than a common Matcha made in Kyoto. So to add milk is better for people who are not good at drinking bitter tea. It is produced no-agricultural chemicals and organic method, so it include rich nutrition. |
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★Meiji-no-Zanmu Satsumaisami★ This green tea is made in Isa. This tea has a strong sweet taste. Especially on the fisrt pot it feels very sweet. It has also Umami. In common it is said that when the tea is changed quality higter people don't feel the change, but when it is changed quality lower people should find the chang. But people don't have to compare this tea with cheaper tea. They will realize the wonderful taste. |
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★Satsuma-no-Kouhou Kakurakuen★ This green tea is made in Izumi. This tea is made from the Yabikita leaves mainly and Asatsuyu leaves. It looks a common green tea, but it has an intersting taste. It has Umami aroma. It tastes bitter, but the taste is soft. It is a new taste. The farmer selected the highest class's tea leaves for this tea. |
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★Satsuma-no-Homare Kohmeien★ This green tea is made in Izumi. This green tea has also a strange taste. It taste too new so that we want to name "Profound Mystery tea" as same as the above green tea. It has strong Umami. And it tastes more intersting than the tea. It is made from the Yabikita leaves mainly. The farmer selected the highest class's tea leaves for this tea. |
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★TyouHashiriShincha YakunoAkebono★ This green tea is made in Yakushima. Because Kagoshima is a southern country, Shincha season begin about one month earlier than another place of production. Yakushima is one of first harvest place of production in Kagoshima. The earist tea leaves are very soft. Please enjoy the aroma of a walk in the woods. |
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★Yakushima green tea YakunoMidori★ This green tea is made in Yakushima. This is a standard tea made form safety leaves of healthy tea woods. |
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★Matcha au lait★ Kirishimacha green tea is used for the Matcha au lait. Its tastes is between sweet of milk and bitter |
Leaves | Classification | First pot | Second pot | Third pot | |||
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Chiran-no-midori Okuichiban | royal road | Gold | aweet and rough in a body but feel them individually. | Young grass | sweet and bitter. | Young grass | bittersweet. |
Kirameki-no-shizuku Asaichiban | royal road | Young grass | sweet. beautiful green water color. | Young grass | taste royal road. | Green | slightly bitter. |
Chiran-no-megumi Yabuichiban | royal road | Green | sweet with rough. | Young grass | bittersweet. mild. | Gold | sweet and bitter. |
Hojyun Satsuma-no-tsurugi | royal road | Gold | strong sweet and soft bitter. | Young grass | sweet and bitter. | Green | clear bitter. |
Tsukushidake Chiran-no-benifuuki | bitter | Gold | bitter. | Gold | fruity. | Gold | slightly bitter. |
Kin-no-Kaimonmidori | royal road | Gold | think Umami. sweet. | Gold | Umami and bitter. | Gold | good balance. king of green tea. |
Murasaki-no-Kaimonmidori | royal road | Gold | strong sweet and Umami with moderate bitter. | Gold | bitter stronger. | Gold | bitter weak. apper small Umami again. |
Matsumoto-Hanzucha | savory | Gold | clear water color. has fragrant aroma. sour and ferment smell. | Gold | mild fragrant aroma. | Gold | slightly bitter. |
Midori-no-takumi RyokutyaDensetsu | sweet | Young grass | sweet with Umami. | Green | appear bitter. | Green | rough. |
Inishie-no-seirei EizaiMonogatari | sweet. | Young grass | sweet with strong rough. | Young grass | mild rough. | Gold | rough. |
Ougonmitsu Kodama | sweet | Young grass | sweet. Umami. | Young grass | slightly bitter. | Young grass | slightly bitter. |
Sennenkaikyou Hama-no-midori | Umami | Young grass | strong Umami and sweet. | Young grass | good balance between 5 tastes. | Green | light bitter and small rough. |
KirishimaKabusecha Kirikage | Umami | Gold | sweet. strong Umami. | Gold | Umami with small rough. | Gold | bitter. |
KirishimaShinzan Kirishimamegumi High | Umami | Gold | Umami with sweet and rough. complicated taste. | Gold | keep good balance. | Gold | bitter. |
KirishimaShinzan Kirishimamegumi Premium | Umami | Gold | Umami with rough. | Gold | Umami with rough. | Gold | Umami with rough. |
New Green Gyokuryokucha TamaguriHachijyuuhachiya | royal road | Gold | bittersweet. | Gold | a little bitter and rough. | Gold | bitter. |
Green Magatama FukamushiTamaguricha | royal road | Gold | mild sweet such as the leaves merge into the tea. | Young grass | mild rough. | Young grass | like Matcha. |
Meiji-no-Zanmu Satsumaisami | sweet | Gold | strong sweet with Umami. | Gold | light bitter. | Young grass | good balance between 5 tastes. |
Satsuma-no-Kouhou Kakurakuen | royal road | Gold | aroma of Umami. soft Umami and bitter. | Gold | bitter. | Gold | good balance between 5 tastes. |
Satsuma-no-Homare Kohmeien | sweet | Gold | strong Umami. funny taste. | Gold | clear taste. | Gold | bitter. |
TyouHashiriShincha YakunoAkebono | bitter | Gold | small sweet. rough. | Gold | bitter. | Gold | rough. |
Yakushima green tea YakunoMidori | bitter | Gold | Umami with sweet and bitter. | Gold | bitter. | Gold | bitter. |
★A black tea made by a Chiran farmer : Oumeisui★ This black tea is made in Chiran. This black tea is on a royal road unquestionably. It has a good sense of proportion. The farmer said, "People may feel Benifuuki as materials. So it may too bitter for Japanese to drink. We think that this tea is suit for tea with milk." But when we tried to drink it, we felt it was very delicious. Its bitter taste didn't bother us at all. We think to drink with milk is an obstacle to enjoy this black tea naturally. |
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★Chiran-no-Asayake Akenuruki★ This black tea is made in Chiran. This black tea leaves made in Nuruki area of Chiran. It is a Japanese black tea which is made from a green tea leaves for example Yabikita and Kanayamidori. It is giving off a good aroma like flowers when it is dripped. The red water color is bery beautiful. This has a bright impression. |
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★Yuichan-no-Oishii-Kocha AriakeBenimusume★ This black tea is made in Shibushi. This black tea is made from the Hatsumomiji tea leaves. It is under a royal road and it has a faint sweet taste. To drink without sugar and milk is best. |
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★Kirishima-blacktea Benigiri★ This black tea is made in Kirishima. This tea is made from green tea leaves. Because to ferment green tea leaves is too difficult technically not to ferment black tea leaves, the black tea made from green tea leaves is rare. This tea do not have rough, so it is easy comparatively for people who are not good at drinking a black tea to enjoy this tea. We hope you enjoy this tea without sugar. |
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★Beniogata (a black tea)★ This black tea is made in Kanoya. This is made from the Inzatsu leaves, the Hatsumomiji leaves and so on. The Inzatu leaves is a cross between Japanese original leaves and a Indian primeval leaves. The Inzatsu leaves has a thick taste and clear red water color. This black tea has a mysterious and clear aroma such a herb. |
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★Beniogata (a powdered black tea)★ This black tea is made in Kanoya. This is an uncommon powder tea which is made from a black tea leaves. The particle is so fine that it can be melted in hot water. It tastes bitter strongly because of drinking all leaves. So to add milk is better for people who are not good at drinking bitter tea. |
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★Japanese black tea Inakappe★ This black tea is made in Isa. It taste cool and simple without a lot of bitter taste. While it is drinked, a soft sweet taste is appering slowly. This tea leaves and milk get along well with each other, so it is suitable for a tea with milk. Because it is made from green tea leaves, to make slowly is the best for good taste. |
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★Japanese black tea BeniGyokuro★ This black tea is made in Izumi. This black tea is made from precious tea leaves which the farmer grew tea tree from seed of the ancestor. The water color is very beautiful. The shining red water fascinate people. The tea is giving off an weak aroma of the citrus fruits. The tea is made from the green tea leaves, but the taste is near the tea made from the black tea leaves. Please drink without sugar. |
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★Takaono-no-Kaze Ryouzankou★ This black tea is made in Izumi. This black tea tastes cool and clear. This is made from the tea leaves made in Takaono. There is no bitter taste. To drink it is easy for everyone. |
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★Akune area : Benijika-no-Sato★ This black tea is made in Akune. This Japanese black tea is made from the Yabukita tea leaves for green tea. The tea has a thick sweet aroma. Its taste consists of a little sweet taste and a moderate bitter taste. It is just a royal harmony. We recommend to drink with nothing. |
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★Benihikari★ This black tea is made in Makurazaki. This black tea run on the royal road. It has sweet and cool aroma. The taste is also cool but soft and thick. It a little sweet. It has no bitter taste, so to drink is very easy. The water color and taste occur enough even a little tea leaves. Several pot can be enjoied. It is made from the Benihikari black tea leaves. Benihikari is improved for Japanese soil and Japanese palate. But the production of the black tea was barely lost once, and Benihikari became a phantom leaves. After that the farmer restored it with thier pride again. The characteristic of Benihikari is the soft taste. Please enjoy a Japanese original tea leaves. |
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★Himefuuki★ This black tea is made in Makurazaki. There is a big news in 2009. One of the Makurazaki Black tea named Himefuuki won a 3 stars gold prize (★★★) of the Grate Taste Awards in England where is the home of the black tea. The awards is called a second name "the Oscar Awards for Foods". It is for the expensive foods. It is held in England. Those who won the prize can be a Purveyor to the Royal Household of England. It shows the honor and the importance. Of course to win a 3 stars gold prize is the first splendid feat for Japanese. So we ordered at once, but all of them had sold out. The field space is only 15a, and the production is 900can. We had to wait for a year. But the kind farmer gave us 1can for a sample. We tried to drink at once. It was so wonderful, and we ware surprized and admired that that's just what one would expect of the black tea which had won the prize. It has calm and elegant aroma like flowers. Its red water color is beautiful. Its taste is thick without a tang. It is easy for everyone to drink. It don't have any weak point. We served to some customer who visited by chance. Then they loved it, so we already have some order even before a year. It is made only from young "Benifuuki" leaves whici is harvested by hands. It give warmth of human and show the excellent technique of the farmer. |
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★Himehikari★ This black tea is made in Makurazaki. The farmer is same as the farmer who produce Himehuuki. Himehuuki is made from the Benihuuki tea leaves, but this is made from the Benihikari tea leaves. They are made by same farmer, but they has the different characteristics. This taste is clear and has a bitter taste. This is suit for tea with milk. |
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★Seishidou★ This black tea is made in Soo. This is a black tea made from Yabukita leaves. The leaves has a strange aroma with acidity. But the aroma changes sweet after dripping hot water. We asked why the aroma change, but even the farmer don't know it. |
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★A dream of Yagorou-don★ This black tea is made in Soo. This is a black tea made from Benifuuki leaves. It taste strong but cool. Please enjoy with milk. |
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★Kamou black tea Ookusuhomare★ This black tea is made in Kamou. Kamou black tea is made from the good tea leaves which grow with watching by the camphor. The tea leaves has a sweet aroma. It shows a beautiful water color like a ruby. A little leaves make enough tea. It taste cool and soft. And it taste a little sweet. |
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★Yakushima black tea YakunoKocha★ This black tea is made in Yakushima. In general the black tea woods favorite under high latitudes. The latitude of Yakushima is not so high, but it usually rain in Yakushima with the rich minus ion, so a nice black tea is produced in Yakushima. It taste cool. |
★NejimeBiwacha★ This tea is made in Nejime. Since ancient times the loquat leaves ware used as a medicinal herb for coordinating the liver and the kidney. The wisdom based on one's earlier namesake develop the NejimeBiwacha. In a biological test many effect appeared for exmple the blood sugar level dwindled, was well dwindle, restrained multiplication of cancer cells and so on. While we drink green tea, we are waiting to hear next research paper. |
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★Sannenkou Hanamiyabi★ This oolong tea is made in Chiran. The farmer spend 3 years for the study of this oolong tea. It has soft fermentation scent and clear bitter taste. You may feel a plain taste at the first drink, but you will feel a rich taste after that. A little tea leaves make woolong tea a lot. |
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★HarunoKouyo KawanabeYuukiUuroncha★ This oolong tea is made in Kawanabe. There are many people who visit to draw water in Kawanabe. The oolong tea leaves drink the beautiful water every day. Its water color is nice clear red as a black tea.。 |
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★Organic Genmaicha(a mix of green tea and roasted brown rice) Kamoarare★ This black tea is made in Izumi. This Genmaicha is made from the carefully roasted organic brown rice which is made by the aigamo agricultural method and from the delicious tea leaves. It has the good savory aroma and the soft taste of brown rice. The brown rice and tea leaves get along well with each other. The taste is woderfull! |
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★First crop Houjicha (roasted green tea) Nabedsurudaira★ This black tea is made in Izumi. This is a luxurious roasted green tea made from only the first crop leaves. It has a savory aroma and clear taste. It is able to enjoy all seasons. |
Come to Krishima. you must come to see the Green Tea field or the Blacke tea field.
What is interesting and bring back good knowledges,
why they must do this why they must do that?