Tokyo
A tiny Kuramae stand for hand-brewed sencha and matcha.
Tiny tea stand in the Kuramae craft district, pouring single-origin sencha and matcha by hand alongside seasonal Japanese sweets.
Japanese teas in a Kengo Kuma-designed bamboo room.
Maruyama Nori's tea brand in Tsukiji, housed in a Kengo Kuma bamboo interior. Japanese teas including aged matcha and gyokuro, served with wagashi.
A floating teahouse on a Hamarikyu pond, since 1707.
Historic floating teahouse from 1707 set on a pond inside Hamarikyu Gardens. Freshly whisked matcha with seasonal wagashi.
An Omotesando counter where Japanese tea becomes a meditation.
Omotesando tea counter serving single-origin Japanese teas alongside seasonal wagashi in a modern, meditative room.
Sakurai's casual Koenji little brother.
Koenji tea bar from the team behind Sakurai Tea Experience. Single-origin sencha, matcha and hojicha served with seasonal sweets.
Senchado, the slow art of leaf sencha, in central Ginza.
Ginza salon dedicated to senchado, the leaf-sencha way of brewing. Single-origin Japanese teas served gongfu-style with careful water and temperature.
Cultivar-specific Japanese teas from Uji's smallest growers.
Florent Weugue's specialist source for cultivar-specific Japanese teas, focused on small Uji and Wazuka producers. Appointment-based tastings of single-cultivar sencha, kamairicha and tamaryokucha.
The world's first hand-drip Japanese green tea bar.
World's first hand-drip Japanese green tea stand. Side-by-side comparison flights of single-origin sencha brewed in custom drippers, served in a minimalist white space in Sangenjaya.
