KENOCHAKENOCHA

ABOUT

About KENOCHA

"Ke" (褻) is an old word for the ordinary days of life, as opposed to festive "hare" days. KENOCHA serves single-farm, single-cultivar Japanese tea as a cup for any ordinary day.

The owner, a certified Japanese tea instructor, sources tea from farms across Japan and brews it one cup at a time. For now we open once or twice a month at PUBLICA in Kitakagaya.

CONCEPT

From the owner's notes

  • Extraordinary→Everyday
  • Hospitality→Sitting together
  • Excitement→Ease
  • Stylish→Antique
  • Modern→Wabi-sabi
  • Brightness→Shade
  • Region→Farmer
  • Formality→Casual
  • Neither Japanese nor Western

MISSION

Mission

To share truly delicious,high-quality Japanese tea —
and the many characters ofsingle-origin Japanese tea —
with the world.

OPEN YOUR TEA LIFE

ORIGINS

Where our tea comes from

The tea chest currently holds 42 teas of 27 cultivars, each bought farm by farm and cultivar by cultivar from growers across Japan. The main growing regions:

  • Wazuka, Kyoto

    Samidori · Asahi · Yabukita · Yamakai · Okumidori · Meiryoku · Benifuuki

  • Tenryu, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka

    Okuhikari · Yabukita · Sayamakaori · Okumidori · Kirari 31 · Harumidori · Shizukaori · 香駿 · 藤枝かおり · Saemidori

  • Mimasaka, Okayama

    Okumidori · Okuyutaka · Fuushun

  • Kirishima, Kagoshima

    Okuyutaka · Asatsuyu

  • Hiroshima

    Yabukita

  • Takeo, Saga

    Tsuyuhikari

  • Makinohara, Shizuoka

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SHOP

Venue

We open once or twice a month at PUBLICA, a community space set in a city farm.

Name
KENOCHA KENOCHA
Venue
PUBLICA
Address
Minna no Uen Kitakagaya Farm No. 2, 5-2-29 Kitakagaya, Suminoe-ku, Osaka
In Japanese: 大阪市住之江区北加賀屋 5-2-29（みんなのうえん北加賀屋 第2農園内）
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Access
3-minute walk from Exit 4, Kitakagaya Station (Osaka Metro Yotsubashi Line)
Open
Open once or twice a month — dates are posted here and on Instagram.
Next session
Instagram
www.instagram.com/kenocha.tea