Tea Farm Tour in Sayama, Saitama
• Explore a beautiful traditional tea farm in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture • Wear a traditional dress as you try your hand at tea picking • Learn about the tea-making process from start to finish • Make your own fresh, hand-rolled tea • Enjoy unique tea-leaf tempura
Options
Farm Tour + Lunch and Dessert
Tea-based lunch: Tea rice balls or tea buckwheat noodles, and powdered green tea served over soft serve cream
What's included in Tea Farm Tour in Sayama, Saitama
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Sayama
Japan is one of the few countries that has given deep importance to tea and the tea-making process, culminating in the formal Japanese tea ceremony. During this Tea Farm Tour in Sayama, Saitama, you’ll enjoy picking your own tea leaves while wearing a traditional dress made for this work. You’ll learn where the leaves come from and how they are produced. After that, you’ll make your own fresh hand-rolled tea and tea-leaf tempura. This tour is perfect for tea aficionados.
Inclusions
- Traditional clothes for tea picking
- Tea leaf tempura
- 5-hour farm tour
- Tea making experience
- Tea tasting with 3 kinds of tea
- Transportation to/from the location
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The tea picking season is usually held from early May until late October
- Please make sure you arrive 10-15 minutes early for this tour so that you do not miss out
- Please note that the tour does not include lunch
- This activity is able to accommodate the following dietary requirements: Gluten-free, Halal, Vegan diet, Vegetarian diet, and Pescetarian diet. Please inform us in advance of your allergy/dietary restrictions.
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- The meeting point is in front of the JR Takadanobaba Station Waseda Exit entrance area. The meeting time is at 8:45 a.m
