Our 4 Favourite Uji Tea Tours

1.Kyoto: Tea Museum Tickets and Matcha Grinding Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 739 reviews · 1 hour · from $23Our pick

At Chazuna in Uji, an English-speaking instructor guides you through tea history, tencha grinding, and matcha preparation. You will whisk and drink your own tea, then explore interactive museum displays. Instructors including Hideko and Keiko have been praised for warm, funny teaching, while the museum adds useful context.

“The women guiding us through the Matcha experience were very warm and welcoming. From interesting facts about Matcha production to taking pictures of the participants and explaining everything in detail this was a thoroughly great and enjoyable experience we would always come back to and warmly recommend to everyone.”

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2.Uji: Green Tea Tour with Byodoin and Koshoji Temple Visits

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 72 reviews · from $111

Join an English or Spanish-speaking guide such as Bryan, David, Ferdinand, or Damien for a four-hour Uji tour. Taste prized Gyokuro, visit the oldest operating teahouse, learn tea-brewing techniques, and explore Byodoin, Ujigami Shrine, and mountain-side Koshoji Temple. Expect stairs, walking, and a rain-or-shine outing.

“Brian was our tour guide. He knew a lot about Uji history and took us to see many shrines / temples. He taught us how to do a blessing at a shrine / temple and we repeated it all throughout our trip whenever we visited a temple / shrine. The tea making lesson was fun also. We tried a tea we’ve never had before. We would book a tour with Pinpoint again. We did two tours with them. We were very happy with the quality.”

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3.Uji: UNESCO Heritage & Tea Ceremony Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 54 reviews · 3 hours · from $66

Start at JR Uji Station with an English-speaking guide, then visit Byodoin Temple, take part in a Japanese tea ceremony at Taihoan, cross two suspension bridges, and visit Uji and Ujigami shrines. Guides such as Yuko, Katsuhiko, and Nobumasa Miyake have led this tour, which ends near Uji Bridge with local matcha treats.

“amazing, not too packed. good content and really wonderful time with Miyake-san”

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4.Slow Cycling Tour at Uji’s Matcha Green Tea Fields and Heritage

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 25 reviews · from $130Top rated

Spend about four and a half hours exploring Uji by Brompton bicycle with a local English-speaking navigator, including tea culture at Chazuna, Uji and Ujigami shrines, Koshoji Temple, the Uji River, and Amagase Dam. The pace is gentle, the group is capped at six, and the route can be adjusted to your interests.

“We had an amazing tour with Takashi. He was a great guide!”

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