Hi everyone, welcome to my first AM blog page! So excited to be writing it finally! Presentations first! I’m Marilena, AM #11, I’m from Italy and I came to Obubu just after my undergraduate program. I graduated in Food Science, and during my studies I had the opportunity to meet a friend from China that […]
🍃 OBUBU’S ASSISTANT MANAGER 🍃 Starting from a cup of tea, Kyoto Obubu Tea Farm has been established with the vision of spreading Japanese tea to the world. Not only serving high quality teas, we are passionate about offering you an authentic and unique experience with them. And, it is our pleasure to announce unique […]
Being here at Obubu, you meet all sorts of talented, inspirational people from around the world. Whether they be guests or interns, you learn and can grow so much from each other. I used to be seen as the annoying kid who always asked too many questions. However, growing up, I started seeing my innate […]
Hello! This is Cara, intern #189. My background is in food science with an interest in sustainability! In my eyes, sustainability is a practice of being mindful of our consumption of resources. As the saying goes, reduce, reuse, recycle! In this post we’ll be exploring the world of dyeing! That is, dyeing with upcycled tea. […]
19 March 2025 – 12 June 2025 Instagram: @george.culpepper Hello! Are you hew man?! I am not so sure myself but I am slightly more sure that I’m George (from Tennessee! You know Jack Daniel?). BEFORE OBUBU did I even exist? Many here have wondered this. Just like the true origin story of genmaicha, there […]
New Jersey, United States of America Instagram and Tiktok: @emxtcha Being at Obubu has taught me so many life lessons. My first lesson: Don’t worry about tomorrow, just worry about getting through today. As a person who used to ruminate about my future, I would often paralyze myself from my overthinking. But here, I had […]
AlexandraGermanyInstagram: @xalexty I’m Alex, and joining Obubu as an intern is just the beginning of a journey I’ve dreamed about for years. Before Obubu… I have been enjoying tea for a couple of years, but green and black tea have been the only ones I have really known. I had no idea just how deep […]
Hi my name is Skaiste Klaniute (Sky) and I am intern #192 at Obubu. Instagram; @SkaisteKlaniute @Sky.photojournal – www.skaisteklaniute.com Before Obubu I came to Obubu almost by accident, and I’m incredibly grateful to have been accepted. Recently, I’ve been diving into the world of freelance photography. About a year ago, I started working at a […]
Hey, I’m Jackie – Intern #191 from Australia. BEFORE OBUBUI first came to Obubu on a tea tour in 2018. It was my first time solo travelling, and being a “go big or go home” kind of person, I had five weeks to get lost in Japan. Eager to get beyond Tokyo, I found Wazuka […]
Chihiro Ikeda Japan(currently in Germany) Intern #190 18 March – 12 June 2025 Instagram: @chihiro_tea.moments Guten Tag! My name is Chihiro.I was born and raised in Hirakata City, Osaka, about an hour’s drive from Wazuka Town.Since 2014, I have been living in Germany and currently in Hamburg, a northern German city which is a sister […]
Before Obubu Hello, I’m Cara! I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, USA. I have a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Food Science from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. My love for food can be credited to my big family of food lovers. My dad worked in the restaurant industry nearly […]
Alexandra #193GermanyInstagram: @xalexty With this post, I want to share a little bit about my sourdough journey here at Obubu and also, I want to share with you three recipes that I invented during my time here. Since the day I baked my first sourdough loaf in my life, something changed. I didn’t just fall […]
Bio: Hozan Tanii, a third-generation potter based in Shigaraki, is recognized as one of the leading innovators of Shigaraki-yaki ceramics. Born in Nara Prefecture in 1953, he is the kiln master of Tanikan-gama (谷寛窯), a workshop originally founded by his grandfather in Shigaraki during the early Shōwa period (1926–1989). In 1995, he built Shio-gama, the […]
May 1st of this year marked the first harvest of Obubu’s new tea, and it happened to fall on Hachijyu-Hachiya, the traditional 88th night of spring. The tea we picked this time was the Yabukita cultivar, grown in the Shimojima area in southern Wazuka. Joining the harvest were Obubu’s president Akky-san, Saya, Tran, Chihiro, and […]
Joshua Caleb Ang #188 Singapore Instagram: @josh_lloyd_wright The Idea Having tea business cards was an idea by the exceptional Miwako Kita and Hirokazu Matsumoto, and was previously the responsibility of each intern to print and pack. However, most either did not have the time or were unaware of how to print and pack them. Therefore, […]
My beautiful people! Eva here, winter intern #187! I am not yet colloquialy known as spoon lady, but I do one day hope to be. Back home, making different spoons and utensils out of wood was one of my favourite pass times and coming here I was super interested in learning more about the process […]
Singapore Intern #188 29 Jan 2025 – 24 Apr 2025 Instagram: @josh_lloyd_wright Hello tea world! I am Josh from the tiny sunny island of Singapore! I am the fifth Singaporean, but the first Singaporean male, to intern at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms! Knowing Obubu I have known Obubu as a Tea Club member since May […]
My beautiful people! I am sitting at the desk in the office, looking out to the factory and the tea fields behind it. It is slowly getting warmer and the blooming sakura trees are proof we bid winter our farewells. As I am deciding on about what to tell you about my time here and […]
Before Obubu I studied food science and agriculture quite broadly for 3 years, after which I specialized in European labels of quality and the link of terroir to food products. During this time, I studied in Romania, Italy and Greece, where I was able to meet lots of local producers and people from all over […]
Once upon a time, there lived three little seeds. There was a tea seed, a milk seed, and a tapioca seed. Each was sent down from the Empriese himself. The seeds were sent out to travel the world and find the best place to put down roots. With that order, they each departed ways and […]
by CC Monett (Intern #183) Instagram: @cc__emx Interning at Obubu Tea Farms this autumn has been a blend of physical labor, knowledge-sharing, and deepening connections to the land and plants that make this place so special. One of the projects I’ve taken on here is crafting a guide to gardening and farming, specifically aimed at […]
As the golden colors of autumn spread across the Japanese countryside, there’s a special kind of magic that happens here at Obubu in the fall. This season marks a time of both reflection and preparation. It’s a period of transition—where the heat of summer slowly gives way to the crisp, cool air of autumn. With things beginning […]
Catch the soul of the seasons Through flowers, poems and wagashi … In a book to feel season changes and experiment what Nagori (名残) and Natsukashii (懐かしい) are. Nagori is nostalgic feelings about things or situations that ended or that is ending. Natsukashii is also nostalgic feelings about happy memories which can warmth your (the) […]
BEFORE OBUBU Hi! I am Sarah, Assistant Managers #4 at Obubu! You might have seen me around already, since only last year I first came to Obubu as an intern. Coming from a background in Anthropology of Food, with a research focus on tea supply chain and consumption, I joined Obubu as an intern in […]
Hello, Pau here, I arrived on September 2023 at Obubu as an Assistant Manager together with Sarah. A year has gone so fast, and it is time to wrap up my experience. Following the steps of Justin and Jean, who were my senpai when I arrived here I will try to explain how I got […]
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