For tea lovers like us, Uji should be a must! It's where the famous matcha originated.
Everywhere you go in this small city close to Kyoto you will have the possibility of buying matcha things: matcha tea, matcha cake, matcha ice cream, matcha tiramisú, matcha noodles, you name it! There's even a vending machine with matcha products haha
Moreover, Uji is also home to the famous Uji temple, that has a characteristic long shape and water surrounding it. It's beautiful and it's also so famous that the 10 yen coin and the 10.000 yen bank note has two symbols of the temple itself!
In one of the famous tea houses in Uji you can even learn how the different green teas are made, from Gyokuro, through Sencha until Matcha:
We hope you like this short post about green tea ^^ more will be coming from Kyoto, Osaka and Nara since we're going to be around Kyoto for 10 days!
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