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Sayama Tea Tasting Event: Free tastings of Japan's three great teas, August 22–23, Waltz Tokorozawa

Sayama City will host a free tasting event on August 22–23, 2026, at Waltz Tokorozawa in Tokorozawa, featuring three acclaimed tea gardens—Yamato Kurihara, Furuya, and Okutomi—showcasing the region's single-garden sencha and Japanese black tea (wa-kocha). The event highlights Sayama's traditional vertically integrated "self-grown, self-made, self-sold" model, where individual producers control cultivation through processing and sales, allowing direct tasting of microclimatic…

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日本三大銘茶「狭山茶」を無料飲み比べ！8月22日・23日、ワルツ所沢で「狭山茶テイスティングEVENT」開催 ～狭山市から名茶園「やまとう栗原園」「古谷園」「奥富園」が出店～狭山市2026年8月21日 掲載

Sayama Tea Tasting Event: Free tastings of Japan's three great teas, August 22–23, Waltz Tokorozawa
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  • Three named Sayama tea gardens—Yamato Kurihara, Furuya, and Okutomi—exhibiting August 22–23, 2026 at Waltz Tokorozawa.
  • Event showcases Sayama's vertically integrated model: farmers control cultivation, processing, finishing, and sales in-h…
  • Okutomi Garden is a 15-generation operation (since Edo period) with National Tea Competition awards; Yamato Kurihara use…
  • Wa-kocha (Japanese black tea) from Sayama gaining broad appeal; event positions the region ahead of the January 2027 Nat…

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“Sayama Tea, celebrated in the saying "Color from Shizuoka, aroma from Uji, taste sealed by Sayama," is counted among Japan's three great teas.”
「色は静岡、香りは宇治よ、味は狭山でとどめさす」と歌い継がれる狭山茶は、日本三大銘茶の一つとして数えられます。
“Unlike other regions where division of labor is standard, each farm's commitment directly reflects in the tea's flavor, allowing diverse individual character within Sayama tea.”
分業制が一般的な他産地とは異なり、各農園のこだわりがダイレクトにお茶の味わいへと反映されるため、同じ狭山茶でありながら多様な個性を楽しむことができます。
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