A01=Miyako Watanabe
Author_Miyako Watanabe
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forthcoming
Product details
- ISBN 9780349447193
- Dimensions: 135 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 27 Aug 2026
- Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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At Ippodo Tea in Kyoto, leaves unfurl in a kyusu teapot as steam rises and water is poured with care. The teahouse hums with activity, but each movement is deliberate and every cup a small ritual.
In Tales of Green Tea, Miyako Watanabe, current owner of the 300-year-old tea house, shares moments, encounters and discoveries from a life shaped by tea and tradition.
Following the journey of the leaf - from misty fields where it is grown and hand-picked to the serenity of tea ceremony - Watanabe explores tea's history alongside its place in contemporary culture. The result is a gentle meditation on how a simple cup can hold memory, season and place.
Miyako Watanabe was born in Shimane Prefecture in 1953 and graduated from Yokohama's Ferris University. Since marrying into Ippodo Tea, a family-owned tea business that was founded in Kyoto in 1717, she has been working to share the joy of tea both in Japan and around the world.
