From lattes to skincare, matcha is everywhere — but Japan’s ability to produce it isn’t keeping pace. Tea farms are ...

Sipping a bowl of ceremonial tea while gazing out over Tokyo before ... Now, with overtourism being such a major headache across Japan, the program seems to fit the current trend of dispersing ...

Unlike instant green tea products, which often include additives ... I hope this technology becomes widely adopted." (Japanese original by Takashi Umeyama, Kagoshima Bureau) ...

Japan has a matcha shortage despite record levels of production. Shops are selling out of the green tea powder as soon as they hit the shelves. On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast, host K. Oanh Ha talks ...

SHIZUOKA—Long the top tea-growing prefecture in Japan, Shizuoka has been surpassed by Kagoshima, dropping into second place for the first time since record-keeping began in 1959. For many years ...

TOKYO -- As Japan's restaurant industry grapples with a serious shortage of labor, the local affiliate of a trendy international tea brand that originated in Taiwan stands as a sharp -- and ...

Matcha green tea is served to foreign visitors during an event held in front of the mobile tea ceremony room in Yokohama in May 2024. (Photo provided by Chisato Ichikawa) MATSUYAMA -- A tea ...

Serenity. That’s the primary commodity being offered by Zen House Kominka, a guest house and tea room that opened in the spring of 2024 just north of Enterprise. The business is owned and operated by ...