Tea production area: Ube City, Shunan City
Brand: Ono tea, Takase tea
Types of tea: Sencha (medium steamed green tea), kamairicha (pan-fired green tea), hojicha (roasted green tea), etc. 

Ono tea
Tea cultivation began under the leadership of the Choshu Domain from the end of the Edo Period with the tea then being called Bochou tea.
Now, tea fields extend over a small hill near Lake Ono in Ube City. The tea presently is called Ono tea.

Tea fields of Ono tea in Ube City (January 2017)

Fog generated from Lake Ono gives the tea a rich taste. The flavor of Ono tea is faint sweetness with bitterness.
A tea shop of Yamaguchi Chagyo is near Lake Ono. Yamaguchi Chagyo not only produces sencha but also kamairicha and other types of tea.
Pan-fired green tea ice cream can be eaten at the shop of Ono Chagyo.

A variety of Ono tea and sweets using Ono tea produced by Ono Chagyo (January 2017)

Pan-fired green tea ice cream can be eaten at the shop of Ono Chagyo.

Yamaguchi Chagyo near Lake Ono (January 2017)

Pan-fired green tea ice cream at Ono Chagyo (January 2017)

Ono tea ice cream with Mihorido’s uiro which is a local famous confectionery (January 2018)

Takase tea
Tea is cultivated and sencha and hojicha are produced in Takase, Shunan City.

A signboard of Takase tea in Shunan City (January 2024)

Local people and high school students launched a project “Shinnanyo Ocha Project” to promote Takase tea.
Hojicha in a plastic bottle which is made of 100% Takase tea leaves is produced and being sold as part of the project.

A café named ORANGE CAFE in Shunan City developed a Hojicha latte base using Takase tea. You can buy the latte base and drink hojicha latte in the café.

Hojicha Latte Base at ORANGE CAFE in Shunan City (January 2024)

Hojicha latte at ORANGE CAFE in Shunan City (January 2024)

Japanese tea shop Hachijuhachi 日本茶専門店八十八
There is a Japanese tea shop Hachijuhachi in Yamaguchi City.
Varieties of Japanese tea, such as sencha, matcha, hojicha, flavored tea, etc. are sold in the shop. The flavored tea is blended with Japanese herbs by the owner.
You can drink Japanese tea and eat Japanese confectionary in the shop.

Japanese tea shop Hachijuhachi (January 2024)

Related article on the site:
Tea related facility: 山口茶業 http://www.onocha.com
Japanese tea shop Hachijuhachi (日本茶専門店八十八) https://hachaya88.thebase.in/
Tea mascot Yuru-Chara:
Ceramic and pottery art: Hagi ware

Reference: 　
松下智 (平成3年) 日本名茶紀行 (初版) 雄山閣出版
山口製茶 http://www.onocha.com

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