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A person using a traditional mortar and pestle. 1
A group of people engaged in a cooking activity, using large stone mortars and pestles. 2
A hand holding a whisk over a bowl of green liquid. 3
A hand whisking a green liquid in a floral bowl. 4
A modern interior with a projection screen displaying a tea ceremony, a potted plant, and a wall with green banners. 5

Kyoto: Tea Museum Tickets and Matcha Grinding Experience

By Chazuna
9.8 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is €19 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Delight your senses with the aroma of freshly brewed matcha tea
  • Attend a tea grinding workshop under the guidance of an instructor
  • Enjoy digital exhibitions where you can touch and experience the tea
  • Discover the inception and production process of Uji tea at Chazuna
  • Make matcha from a tea mill with a view of the tea fields and gardens

Activity location

    • Nagoya
    • Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Maruyama-203-1 Todō, Uji, Kyoto 611-0013, Japan | Please go to the 1F reception area at Chazuna, located in the Historical Park of Tea and Uji Town. If coming by train, the meeting point is a 4-minute walk from Uji Station on the Keihan Uji Line, or a 12-minute walk from the South Exit of Uji Station on the JR Nara Line. If coming by car from Osaka, exit the Keiji Bypass Uji Nishi IC, and take the side road in the direction of Uji (approximately 10 minutes.) From Tokyo or Nagoya, turn left at the traffic light at the Keiji Bypass Uji-higashi IC Exit (approximately 3 minutes.)
    • Uji, Kyoto, Japan

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Kyoto: Tea Museum Tickets and Matcha Grinding Experience

  • Activity duration is 1 hour1h
    1h
  • English
Price details
€19.34 x 1 Adult€19.34
Total
Price is €19.34

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Chazuna Museum ticket
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Matcha making experience
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Instructor

Know before you book

  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

What you can expect

See, learn, and experience tea through various programmes at the lush park and the museum of Chazna in the town of tea, Uji. Get an introduction to the rich history and culture of Uji tea in an easy-to-understand manner through touchable exhibits.

◎Uji Tea Room (Uji-cha no Ma)/Museum
How is tea made?
What's the birth storey behind Uji tea?
How is Uji tea made?
What is the difference between Gyokuro and Sencha tea? Is there a special way to make delicious tea? and so on…
Answers to these common questions about tea are introduced in digital exhibitions where you can actually touch and experience the tea.
Full of information that makes you want to drink tea even more!

◎History Room/Museum
Head to the History Room where a huge 10-yen coin with the Byodoin Phoenix Hall will welcome you. Learn about the town and its history with digital exhibitions, including a large 4K HDTV digital screen with modernised townscape drawings or “Meisho-zue”.

Then, make matcha by grinding tea leaves from a tea mill into a powder. Then, under the guidance of a Japanese tea instructor, learn how to brew matcha, and enjoy your creation.
(Matcha is not available for takeaway.)

As a summer-only experience, at 2:45 p.m. only, the restaurant will offer a cool summer experience where visitors can not only pour their own ground matcha over ice cream and drink it, but also pour the ground matcha over ice cream and eat it.

Location

Activity location

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    • Nagoya
    • Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Maruyama-203-1 Todō, Uji, Kyoto 611-0013, Japan | Please go to the 1F reception area at Chazuna, located in the Historical Park of Tea and Uji Town. If coming by train, the meeting point is a 4-minute walk from Uji Station on the Keihan Uji Line, or a 12-minute walk from the South Exit of Uji Station on the JR Nara Line. If coming by car from Osaka, exit the Keiji Bypass Uji Nishi IC, and take the side road in the direction of Uji (approximately 10 minutes.) From Tokyo or Nagoya, turn left at the traffic light at the Keiji Bypass Uji-higashi IC Exit (approximately 3 minutes.)
    • Uji, Kyoto, Japan