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Fukujuen hosts tea seminars at Kyoto Modernist Architecture Festival's 5th Anniversary Tea Gathering
Fukujuen, a Kyoto tea merchant founded in 1790, will hold three experiential seminars on November 3 at the Kyoto Modernist Architecture Festival's "Tōzan Grand Tea Gathering" celebrating the festival's fifth anniversary. The seminars showcase Fukujuen's approach to contemporary tea culture through hand-picked Kyoto bottled tea, a blend of sencha and tencha called Leaf Tea "Kanka," and drip-method green tea from its FUKUCHA brand, each paired with original sweets and priced at…
歴史ある京都の建築空間で、日本茶文化の魅力を体感！ - Newscast.jp
Key points
- Fukujuen demonstrates hand-picked, single-origin Kyoto bottled tea and tencha-blended leaf tea alongside drip-method gre…
- Three seminars of ≈20 minutes each offered twice daily; ¥1,100 per session with capacity of 6 per session, held in a his…
- Fukujuen's FUKUCHA brand combines traditional Uji tea with new formats for next-generation and global audiences; operate…
- Bottled tea blend uses rare covered-cultivation shade-grown leaves; leaf tea blends sencha with tencha for umami and aro…
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The numbers
Fukujuen founding year: 1790
FUKUCHA retail locations: 3
Event participation fee: ¥1,100
Capacity per seminar session: 6名
What they said
“We extract the delicate and profound taste nurtured over a long history to its fullest potential through cold water steeping, then capture it in a custom bottle—a labor of devotion.”
長い歴史の中で育まれてきた茶の繊細かつ奥深い味わいを水出しによって最大限に引き出し、特別仕様のボトルに閉じ込めた、こだわりの逸品です。
“FUKUCHA proposes accessible experiences of traditional Uji tea and new possibilities, driven by the desire to convey the deliciousness of Japanese tea to the next generation and the world.”
日本茶のおいしさを次世代に、世界に伝えたいとの想いを込めて、伝統ある宇治茶の気軽な体験と新しい可能性をご提案するブランドです。
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