Where Wazuka tea is served
The tea you drank at that shop came from Wazuka
Newspapers and magazines have reported that Wazuka-grown tea is used at shops in Kyoto city, Tokyo and Fukuoka. If you have been drinking Wazuka tea without knowing it, this is your way in to Wazuka as a tea-growing area. We have listed 9 shops outside Wazuka Town, newest article first.
Shops reported in articles (outside Wazuka Town)
- “A matcha cafe opens within the grounds of a World Heritage site in Kyoto city: popular with tourists, and why?” (Japanese)
Kyoto Shimbun · 20 December 2025 ── A matcha cafe using Wazuka-grown tea leaves has opened on the grounds of a World Heritage site in Kyoto city. - The Ritz-Carlton Tokyo kicks off regional dining event celebrating craft and tradition
Time Out · 24 October 2024 ── An article on a hotel dining event. It mentions pairings with a green tea grown in Wazuka and blended exclusively for the hotel. - “A limited-time ‘Matcha Cafe HACHI’ shop in Tenjin: canelés and more made with matcha from Wazuka, Kyoto” (Japanese)
Tenjin Keizai Shimbun · 8 March 2023 ── Local news from Tenjin, Fukuoka: a limited-time shop serving canelés and other items made with Wazuka-grown matcha. - “Japanese-tea shake stand [tea son’s shake] opens in Kawaramachi” (Japanese)
Leaf · 25 July 2022 ── An article on a stand in Kyoto city serving shakes made with 100% Wazuka-grown matcha. - “Refresh yourself at [SHUHARI KYOTO], the antenna shop for Wazuka-grown matcha in Nishijin” (Japanese)
Leaf · 1 May 2022 ── An article introducing a shop in Kyoto city where you can taste Wazuka-grown matcha. - “Limited-edition baked goods and Wazuka-grown black tea too: Romanlife opens a cafe at Kyoto Isetan” (Japanese)
Kyoto Shimbun · 26 August 2021 ── Wazuka-grown black tea is used at a cafe that opened in a department store in Kyoto city. - “Kyoto solo-travel special! 4 tea cafes where you can take your time over carefully chosen Japanese tea” (Japanese)
Walkerplus · 25 May 2019 ── 4 tea cafes in Kyoto city, including a machiya (townhouse) cafe serving Japanese tea centred on Wazuka-grown tea. - “Into the beautiful, deep world of tea: ‘aotake’, a Kyoto machiya cafe living on in a quiet corner of the city” (Japanese)
Asahi Shimbun Digital Magazine &[and] · 25 April 2019 ── An article on a machiya cafe in Kyoto city serving Japanese tea centred on Wazuka-grown tea. - “New-tea season is here! 5 cafes in Kyoto to drop in on for Uji tea brewed in a kyusu teapot” (Japanese)
MBS · 24 April 2019 ── A travel column by a broadcaster: at a cafe in Kyoto city, taste “Yabukita” made in Wazuka and Wazuka-grown single-origin sencha.
Content is as of the time of each article. Please check with each shop whether it currently serves this tea. This list is drawn from this site’s records of media coverage, selecting shops outside the town whose articles mention “Wazuka-grown” or similar.