Tokorozawa Trip Overview
Use your five senses to enjoy Iruma’s delicious tea!
Sayama tea, produced in Saitama Prefecture, is one of the three famous teas of Japan, and is characterized by its richness in taste and deep bitterness. Be prepared to use your five senses to fully enjoy sayama tea on this tour! First of all, you will be taken to see the green carpet of the largest tea plantation in the Kanto region of Japan. Then you will head to the tea museum where you can see, touch and smell tea, and also learn about the history of tea, how sayama tea is made, and what makes it unique. You will not miss out on anything with the help of your personal translator; your otomo tour guide! Finally, taste the tea. Tasting tea flavored food is just as fun as drinking tea!
Additional Info
Duration: 5 to 6 hours
Starts: Tokorozawa, Japan
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Use your five senses to enjoy Iruma’s delicious tea!
Sayama tea, produced in Saitama Prefecture, is one of the three famous teas of Japan, and is characterized by its richness in taste and deep bitterness. Be prepared to use your five senses to fully enjoy sayama tea on this tour! First of all, you will be taken to see the green carpet of the largest tea plantation in the Kanto region of Japan. Then you will head to the tea museum where you can see, touch and smell tea, and also learn about the history of tea, how sayama tea is made, and what makes it unique. You will not miss out on anything with the help of your personal translator; your otomo tour guide! Finally, taste the tea. Tasting tea flavored food is just as fun as drinking tea!
Stop At: Irumachagyo Park, Araku, Iruma, Saitama 358-0031, Japan
・Iruma Chagyo Park: Enjoy the great view of vast fields of tea spreding out before your eyes. This tea plantation is the biggest in the Kanto region.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: 茶処 一煎, 100 Nihongi, Iruma, Saitama 358-0015, Japan
・Ochakko Salon Issen: Taste the tea leaves both in the form of tea and in the form of food!
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Iruma City Museum Alit, 100, Nihongi, Iruma Saitama Prefecture
Get right down to the bottom of the deep and interesting world history of tea!
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: 茶蔵 ～sakura～, Japan, 〒358-0003 Saitama, Iruma, Toyooka, 1-chōme−12−２０ 増田園本店二階
・Ocha Cafe Sakura: Taste sayama tea in this fancy cafe decorated with antiques. Try western tea mixed with the sayama tea leaves as well!
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
