This event started in Showa, and features tea picking girls wearing navy blue kasuri, Aka kimono, hand guards and leg warmers, and a performance of the "tea picking dance" and "tea picking." The public can also experience tea picking (advance registration required).
2025.04.22At Okayama Korakuen Garden, green tea made from tea leaves harvested each year, "Korakuen no Osencha Oniwa Sodate" (around mid-June) and Japanese black tea, "Korakuen no Wakocha Oniwa Sodate" (all year round), are sold at the garden's shop.
Event Details
・Tea picking dance and tea picking demonstration
Time: 10:30, 11:30, 13:30 (approximately 20 minutes each)
Contents: After the tea picking girls perform the tea picking dance to the tune of tea picking song, there will be a demonstration of picking new buds. In addition to the tea processing demonstration, there will also be tasting and sales of new tea produced in the prefecture.
・Tea picking experience session (advance registration required)
Time: 11:00 and 14:00 (approximately 20 minutes each)
Contents: Tea picking experience for the general public
Participation fee: 300 yen per person (free for elementary school students and younger)
Capacity: 70 people per session (If there are many applicants, a lottery will be held)
How to apply: Email or fax
・Garden Tea Ceremony "Nadeshiko Tea Ceremony"
Time: 9:30-15:00 (last admission 14:30)
Venue: Sakae Hall
Tea ceremony fee: 700 yen
・Sale of chameshi rice balls
Comes with two rice balls made with tea leaves harvested in Korakuen and a side dish.
Sales time: 10:00~ (Limited quantity. Ends when stock runs out)
Price: 680 yen (tax included)
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