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May. 15, 2025
[Image1]🍵 Yamashigi’s Kama-iri Tea 🍵The season for delicious new tea 🍵Kama-iri tea grown in Yamashigi no Mor
[Image2]🍵 Yamashigi’s Kama-iri Tea 🍵The season for delicious new tea 🍵Kama-iri tea grown in Yamashigi no Mor
[Image3]🍵 Yamashigi’s Kama-iri Tea 🍵The season for delicious new tea 🍵Kama-iri tea grown in Yamashigi no Mor
[Image4]🍵 Yamashigi’s Kama-iri Tea 🍵The season for delicious new tea 🍵Kama-iri tea grown in Yamashigi no Mor
[Image5]🍵 Yamashigi’s Kama-iri Tea 🍵The season for delicious new tea 🍵Kama-iri tea grown in Yamashigi no Mor
[Image6]🍵 Yamashigi’s Kama-iri Tea 🍵The season for delicious new tea 🍵Kama-iri tea grown in Yamashigi no Mor
[Image7]🍵 Yamashigi’s Kama-iri Tea 🍵The season for delicious new tea 🍵Kama-iri tea grown in Yamashigi no Mor
[Image8]🍵 Yamashigi’s Kama-iri Tea 🍵The season for delicious new tea 🍵Kama-iri tea grown in Yamashigi no Mor
[Image9]🍵 Yamashigi’s Kama-iri Tea 🍵The season for delicious new tea 🍵Kama-iri tea grown in Yamashigi no Mor

🍵 Yamashigi’s Kama-iri Tea 🍵
The season for delicious new tea 🍵
Kama-iri tea grown in Yamashigi no Mori is now ready!

Yamashigi no Mori is an old farmhouse in the forest, high in the mountains above 600 meters.

This farmhouse, more than 140 years old, used to bustle as a transportation hub in the days before cars.
Travelers and cargo moved along the ridgelines with the best views, rather than the lowlands by the rivers.

We picked the tender new shoots that grew lushly in Yamashigi no Mori and made them the traditional way to create this "Yamashigi Kama-iri Tea" 🍵
It is made only from the first flush.

During Golden Week, households with tea fields focus entirely on picking tea.

Several tea factories in the village run at full capacity from morning until night.
Yamashigi’s kama-iri tea was produced amid that bustle.
It stays boxed in Morotsuka until it reaches your home—never leaving the village—(in reality it is delivered in a bag).

Kama-iri tea is a method the people of Morotsuka have continued making for generations.
It was brought from China long ago and now survives only in pockets around Kyushu.
It accounts for only about 0.02% of the tea distributed nationwide.

It offers a gentle sweetness and a slightly toasty aroma.
Pour after the water boils and you wait a bit, drink quickly, and from about the third cup the leaves open fully and the aroma drifts—the characteristic kama-ka (kettle scent).

Kama-iri tea is common in Morotsuka Village but rare across Japan. 🍵

You can buy it at the online shop Morotsuka Store, at Donkotei’s storefront, and at Morokko House.
※Because quantities are limited, please order early 🙇‍♀️

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May. 28, 2025
★☆★The 26th Kyushu Tamaire Championship in Morotsuka★☆★ The 26th Kyushu Tamaire Championship will take place at Morotsuka Village Gymnasium on Sunday, June 29. The tournament will be held🌟 “Just a ball toss? Yet not just a ball toss.” The basket you aim for stands over 4 m high😮 Entries are open for the General Division and a Beginner Division for newcomers🔰. ※From 2025 onward there will be no Ladies Division; entrants should register in the General Division. ■Event Schedule Sunday, June 29, 2025 09:30 Opening Ceremony 10:00 Competition Starts 16:00 Expected Finish Venue: Morotsuka Village Gymnasium Participant Parking: Morotsuka Village Sports Park Baseball Field ■Inquiries For tournament matters: Morotsuka Village Board of Education TEL 0982-65-0072 For entry questions: Morotsuka Village Tourism Association TEL 0982-65-0178 ※Entry deadline: Friday, June 13. For applications and details, please check the Kyushu Tamaire Championship page on Morotsuka Navi. We look forward to many entries😊 About the Kyushu Tamaire Championship In 1990, the All Japan Tamaire Association (commonly AJTA) was founded in Wassamu, Hokkaido as a group promoting new sports that anyone can join easily. In 2000, AJTA Kyushu was established here in Morotsuka Village as the Kyushu branch of the All Japan Tamaire Association. Embracing AJTA’s tamaire spirit and promoting exchange with urban areas to revitalize the region, it continues as part of Morotsuka’s community development centered on the whole-village forest park. Today AJTA Kyushu consists of volunteers who cherish the tamaire dream. In addition to running the Kyushu Tamaire Championship (held every summer in Morotsuka Village) as a stepping stone to the national tournament, the association works to popularize this easy-to-learn yet deep tamaire sport as a recreational activity for village residents. About All-Japan Tamaire Rules The competition divides into two divisions, General and Beginner, to compete for the title of Kyushu Tamaire Champion. “All-Japan Tamaire” is a timed race in which teams of four to six players compete to place a total of 100 balls (99 Ajata balls and 1 Anchor ball) into the basket as quickly as possible. AJATA Rules: All-Japan Tamaire Championship Competition Regulations ●Basic Rules “All-Japan Tamaire” is a timed race in which teams of four to six players compete to place a total of 100 balls (99 Ajata balls and 1 Anchor ball) into the basket. 1. Teams must consist of four to six players; lacking even one person results in disqualification. 2. To prevent false starts, players begin facing backward. (Starter gun start) 3. Ajata balls must be placed first; the Anchor ball must be placed last. Placing it earlier causes disqualification. 4. Failing to put all 100 balls in the basket results in disqualification. 5. Using rods or other tools, or tossing from piggyback positions, will result in disqualification. 6. A ball resting on the rim of the basket is counted as safe. If an Anchor ball knocks a ball resting on the basket rim, it is still safe. 7. Anyone other than the players touching the Ajata balls leads to disqualification. 8. Other matters of match operation will be announced at the managers’ meeting. The above rules were officially adopted on April 15, 1996, and partially revised in 2010; all championship tournaments are conducted based on these Ajata rules. ●Participants Number of registered players: up to 8; number competing: 4 to 6 players Gender: mixed or single-gender teams accepted Age: Junior high school age and older (Teams composed only of junior high students are not permitted unless at least one adult participates on the team.) ●Equipment 1. Ajata Court Mark a 6 m diameter Ajata circle with line tape. Position the Ajata basket at the center. 2. Ajata Basket (approved) Height: 4 m 12 cm with steel base (association’s recording site lowest temperature −41.2°C) Basket diameter: 44 cm; depth: 44 cm (association location approx. 44° N) 3. Ajata Balls (approved) Outer fabric cover with resin particle filling • Ajata balls (99)…80 g ±2 g • Anchor ball (1)…250 g ±5 g 4. Ajata Shoes Indoor athletic shoes must be worn.
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May. 8, 2025
🌳Forest Old House Series🌳 Yamashigi no Mori A 140-year-old farmhouse stands on a sky-high site at 650 meters elevation. There are two buildings: Shitashigi, built in the Taisho era, and Nakashigi, built in the Meiji era. A gentle forest breeze🍃 flows through, making it a refreshing place to be. Nearby you will find tea fields, bamboo groves, and orchards, and there are many hands-on activities where you can experience mountain-village life. Capacity: 2 buildings, 15 people each, total 30 people Facilities: Goemon bath, kamado stove, irori hearth *The Goemon bath and kamado stove are available only in Shitashigi.* ◎Activities 📍Tea picking and pan-roasted tea making The tea fields in the valley have their tea-picking season in May each year. Around that time, a Yamagakkou (mountain school) tour is planned where you can try tea picking and pan-roasted tea making. Pan-roasted tea grown at Yamashigi no Mori is also sold as Yamashigi Tea at places like Donkotei and Morokko House. 📍Ume picking and ume preparations The two plum trees have long been essential to daily life. In Morotsuka, each household carries out ume preparations for year-round eating. Learning these ume-preservation skills is a popular part of the Yamagakkou tour. Ume syrup and pickled ume are both big hits. 📍Yuzu picking and yuzu processing From autumn into winter, yuzu takes center stage. Whether picked green or after they turn yellow, they each serve their purpose well. This is another staple activity of the Yamagakkou tours hosted at Yamashigi no Mori. Pick yuzu and make yuzu kosho, enjoy a yuzu bath… You can savor yuzu without wasting a thing. *For accommodation and activities, please contact the Morotsuka Village Tourism Association in advance.* Contact Morotsuka Village Tourism Association (Shiitake no Yakata 21) Phone: 0982-65-0178

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