Hi! I’m Mac :) My journey with Obubu Tea Farms began in 2015 when I was accepted as an intern to the Obubu Internship Program. This incredible program takes place in the heart of Japan’s beautiful countryside. It’s a place where the art of tea cultivation blends with centuries-old practices, and where every leaf represents […]
Hello again! Hope you are all staying warm in this winter month! Sarah here writing about flowers, for the month of December! This month, in all private gardens and on the side of the houses, manryō (万両) has been proudly displaying its red berries, appearing so vivid in contrast to the grey sky of winter. Manryo, […]
みなさん こんにちわ! This is Sarah, and for the month of November I would like to write about a very special flower: the tea flower! Camellia sinensis is an evergreen plant that, besides its delicious leaves, also produces flowers and seeds. The flowers are around 3 cm, they have white petals and yellow anther and filaments. […]
On a cold Thursday evening of October, as we entered Nakai Sensei’s tearoom, Sara, Jean and I noticed an unfamiliar object. Moe, another student of our teacher, was practicing sado (tea ceremony) using a mizusashi (water container) that was particularly tall. Nakai Sensei explained to us that this shape of pot was only used in […]
Hello, my name is Pau, one of the new assistant managers here at Obubu. This is my first monthly journal in the blog. I hope to show you my experiences living in Wazuka and working in its beautiful tea fields. I arrived on the 7th of September, already three weeks. Time has gone by so […]
みなさん こんにちわ! My name is Sarah and, together with Pau, I have recently joined Obubu as a new Assistant Manager. Actually, you might have seen me before, trotting around Obubu’s blog and social media [The (not so) Secret Life of An Intern – May 2023] as last spring I first joined Obubu as an intern […]
Konnichiwa! Jean here to tell more stories about Obubu Tea Farms. May was busy with the spring harvest. But June is time for the summer harvest. So exciting! We prepare the harvesting machine and tea bags to collect the tea and interns and I often ride at the back of the truck. Riding in the […]
Hello everyone! It’s Jean again. On my previous blog post, I shared about my arrival at Obubu in Japan and everything I’ve been up to on my first month. We are now at the end of May, and it is time to share with you some of my adventures. May is the month of the […]
Hello everyone! It’s me, WJ Justin! Coming back with updates from February to March. It feels like time flies so fast! February and March passed in a flesh! How was your February and March? Well, for me, I think it was very intense with a lot things happened at Obubu. And, I would like share […]
Hello everyone! My name is Jean, and I am working as an Assistant Manager at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms in Wazuka. I am also a former intern at Obubu. You are presently reading my first blog post! Yaaaaaay! This blog will be about my life in Japan and what Obubu has been up to. You […]
Hello everyone! Welcome to my first blog! I’m Justin and you can call me Woo Jae also. Right now, I have been working as an ‘Assistant Manager’ since September last year. So, I’ll be uploading a blog each month, showing you guys how Obubu is, what we’re up to and giving you guys some […]
And so we reach the end. As I am writing this, the sun is going down behind the mountains, casting a soft light on the tea fields in the Monzen area. The trees dotting the hills in the back are turning – some faster than others and red and brown and some are slower, yellow […]
Everyone tried to warn me about the Japanese summer and every time I would respond with confidence: “I am from Italy, I will be fine”. It was not. Summer has always been the strangest period of the year, full of very high ups and very low downs and…this year also was no different! Still, summer […]
From the cold and dry winter we finally started stepping into the blooming season. Spring here has such an enchanting and magical power! The awakening of the season started in the most precious way! We took part in a handpicking and handrolling event held by Kenta-san, president of the Hand Rolling Preservation Society but also […]
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 Farms 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 […]
In recent years, matcha has taken center stage in the world of Japanese tea. And there’s no denying that the rich, umami-packed tea is delicious. But no less delicious is matcha’s often-overlooked sister: kukicha. In my first two months at Obubu, I grew fond of kukicha. Before coming to Obubu, I didn’t know about this […]
Before Obubu I grew up drinking sencha with my family. Sitting around the table after a meal, we would drink the warm, rich green and slightly bitter drink. My mom would often call this her favourite time of the day. Thus, I grew to associate tea with connection and comfort. Perhaps because of the nature […]
Background I was born in a tea-producing region and currently work at a Japanese tea store.I believed that the internship program at Obubu Tea Farm could offer some clues to solve problems such as “labor shortages” and the “increase of abandoned tea fields” that have been great problems the tea industry, so I decided to […]
Zehra Hayırcı Intern #196 Turkey (currently in Germany) 27 April – 17 July 2025 Instagram: @days.of.zehra Coming from Turkey, a country where black tea is woven into everyday life, joining Obubu was more than just about tasting Japanese tea—it was about experiencing an entirely different way of tea. In Turkey, tea accompanies everything. We drink […]
Helloo, I’m Izzy, from the UK and I became intern number #200 when I arrived at Obubu in April 2025. This is a little overview of the path that brought me here to Obubu, the things I learned during the internship, and my plans for the future. If you’re reading this and thinking about joining […]
Hellooo, I am Garance #199 – from Belgium (and France ;)) Before Obubu After having graduated from college and finished my research, ended up in January of this year with no plans. “I am giving myself one year, to do something totally different, clear my head and experience something new”. I then started to write […]
Izzy Intern #200 From the UK Instagram: izzys_tea_notes The Idea For my project, I had the idea to create a tool that would help people decide on a tea, this could be deciding which one to buy from the shop, or just which tea to drink reflecting the mood of your day. It would ask […]
Do you need help choosing your next brew? Then you are in the right place. This is Zehra (intern #196), and for my our intern project at Obubu, I teamed up with Izzy (intern #200!) to create a short, fun quiz to help you discover which Obubu tea to try next. The idea came to […]
Hello everyone! My name is Garance (Gahonceee) and I am intern #199 here at Obubu. Spring batch from April to July :) If you ask anyone here at Obubu, I hate dates. I do not like making plans in advance, I don’t like planning in general. Specific times or any future commitment make me anxious. […]