Hoshino Tea Culture Museum

Traveler highlights

The Tea Culture Museum is in Hoshino Village, Yame, an area known for gyokuro green tea. Visitors can taste Hoshino tea and extend the experience into a full meal. The signature SHIZUKU tea highlights gyokuro’s delicate flavor, while the tea restaurant serves dishes such as tea soba, tea rice and tea porridge. The shop sells Hoshino gyokuro, matcha yokan and Hoshino-yaki pottery. During the new tea season, hands-on activities such as tea rolling and visiting the tea-firing area explain how tea moves from field to finished product. More than a souvenir stop, it is a place to slow down over tea and food and learn about Yame tea culture.