くらがり渓谷からおりてきたバス
2020-04-11 / Last updated : 2020-04-11 Miyazakien staff blog

Aichi Emergency Declaration is issued

Finally, in Aichi Prefecture, the local governor has issued an emergency declaration for the new type of coronavirus infection yesterday. How are you all going as the tense atmosphere spreads out. Miyazakien has been working on tea plantations, cafe shop and the retail store because the declaration states that businesses that require business continuity include food and beverage supply and coffee shops. We are also continuing to refurbish our stores to comply with HACCP, which has become mandatory under the revision of the Japanese Food Sanitation Law. Doors of the retail shop is widely open to improve ventilation while we are open the shop. But door to enter and exit […]
2020-04-05 / Last updated : 2020-04-06 Miyazakien staff blog

It is cut off season

We have welcomed another season for preparing new tea. The crop of our tea garden in the Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture are later prepared than the large major tea production areas of Kyushu Miyazaki and Shizuoka in Japan. Now, in the tea plantations of Miyazaki Garden, the cherry blossoms blossom around and the voice of the Uguisu echoes, we are working for the new tea crop in a most pleasant season. The process of cutting off tea leafs is a preparation to remove the old leaves remaining in the tea plant so that new leafs can emerge at once. It also means that old leaves are not mixed during harvesting. […]
2019年3月1日第78回中日農業賞贈呈式にて
2019-03-03 / Last updated : 2020-04-06 Miyazakien staff Awards

Chunichi agricultural award

Atsushi Umemura, the representative of Miyazakien, awarded the Chunichi Agriculture Prize Excellence Award hosted by the Japanese one of most quality news paper company, Chunichi Shimbun. In the last year of Heisei, it was the only recipient from Aichi Prefecture. We are very happy and proud of it. The award was published in the morning edition of the Chunichi Shimbun on the following day. Thank you to everyone involved. The Chunichi Agriculture Prize has been awarded to young farmers working on new agriculture and regional development in the nine central prefectures (Aichi, Gifu, Mie, Shizuoka, Nagano, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Shiga) in Japan since 1940 (Showa 15). It is a historical […]
2019-02-03 / Last updated : 2019-08-20 Miyazakien staff blog

Featured in “Oishii”, an English-language Japanese food magazine in Singapore

Miyazakien is featured in “Oishii”, an English-language Japanese food magazine in Singapore We have obtained the consent to translate the article and post it on this site. Eat and rest well in the Aichi Highlands – 愛知高原でよく食べて，よく休んで After a detox holiday in the countryside here, Aichikogen-Okumikawa, you’ll return feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. ここ，奥三河の愛知高原で休暇をすごせば，すばらしい休養となり，元気をもらえます。 Must-eats in Aichikogen-Okumikawa – あいち高原/奥三河で見逃せない食 Symbolic rice and miso come together as one in gohei-mochi; remember to try the region’s signature ayu fish too. glazed gohei-mochi glazed gohei-mochi In Japanese cuisine, rice is more than a meal staple. Cultivated in Japan for 2,000 years, the grain also has much financial, historical and cultural significance. In the past, […]
2017-05-22 / Last updated : 2020-05-18 Miyazakien staff blog

収穫本格化してきました。新茶も販売開始してます。

2017年5月　宮ザキ園茶畑の刈り取り風景 三河の中山間地の気温も上がってきました。今年もお茶の刈り取りが本格化しています。宮ザキ園のスタッフに加え，農業に携わりたいというボランティアの方も加わり，順調に刈り取りがすすんでいます。 宮ザキ園のお茶は，かぶせが主体です。お茶の刈り取り前，茶樹におおいをかけ，日光をさえぎりながら栽培します。こうすることで，茶葉の旨味を引き出すことができます。こちらはかぶせを取り去った状態。背景に見える山の木々に比べ，やわらかい緑になっています。そしてこちらが実際の茶葉の刈り取り風景。宮ザキ園の茶畑は山間地にありますので，乗用のような大型の刈り取り機は使いません。このように二人一組になって使う手持ちの刈り取り機で，１畝あたり二往復して丁寧にかりとっていきます。刈り取った茶葉は刈り取り機に繋いだ袋に集められていきます。一旦，片側を刈り取って…帰って来ます。刈るためのコツは，二人がうまく呼吸を合わせ，刈り取り機の高さを揃えることと，畝に対してあまり急にならず，緩くもせず，適度につけた角度を保ち続けることです。こうして，新芽のお茶の葉が刈り取られ，お茶に加工されてゆきます。ちなみに宮ザキ園直売小売店では，今年の新茶の販売をはじめました。今は刈り取りで忙しいため，新茶の煎茶はまずは1種類（1,500円/100g）だけですが，徐々に増やしてまいります。 追記　今年もソフトクリームを販売しています。日によってメニューを変えていますので，その日何があるかはお店に着ていただいてのお楽しみ。
2017-05-13 / Last updated : 2017-05-23 Miyazakien staff blog

We make Japanese black tea

The other day, we told you that tea picking and tea processing at the Miyazakien began, but we will tell you about tea making in 2017 today. Miyazakien ‘s black tea are made of native variety tea, which name is “Hongu”. The name comes from a mountain located near Miyazakien because it is said that the seed of the “Hongu” came from that mountain area. The leaves are carefully processed by hand into black tea. This video is about to kneading. A professional kneader, Mr. Y, has been doing this work quietly as if he was doing his Sadhana for almost 3 hours already. Recently it has become very difficult to obtain the knitted mat with […]