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Three sacred treasures
The Japanese sword is one of the three sacred treasures in Japan. It is said to represent the spirituality of the Japanese people rather than just a weapon. Since ancient times, Japanese swords have been considered to exterminate evil spirits and possess strong vitality and spiritual power......
Tea approved by Robuchon, Yame Traditional Gyokuro
Yame will celebrate its 600th anniversary as a tea-producing region in 2023. This anniversary project seems to be considered to be led by people concerned with the tea of Yame city right now. It was Fukuoka in the doorway of the tea transmitted from China nearly 800 years ago. It is related to a climate that West Japan plays a key role from Yame (Fukuoka), .....
A new challenge by Yasuhiko Kiya, 3rd generation
When Yasuhiko challenged his new store style, there were very few cafes available in tea shops but no tasting place to pursue selling tea as luxury items. Soon he got a lot of attention from other people such as in the tea industry and his local society. They were skeptical of what he was doing......
One of the best Japanese tea from Yame village
For Japanese tea, I would like to introduce Yasuhiko Kiya and his store as one of the most famous Japanese teas, Yame-cha in this story series......
Japanese Sword Series 2
The name of “Japanese sword” is quite new and it started around the end of Tokugawa Shogun period when they started more business and cultural exchanges with foreign countries. Before that period, it was just called as “Katana（刀）” or “Tsurugi（剣）”.......
