Miyako Watanabe

Photograph courtesy of Miyako Watanabe

About The Author

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.

Books by Miyako Watanabe

Tales of Green Tea

Notes from a Centuries-Old Kyoto Teahouse

By Miyako Watanabe
Translated by Cathy Hirano
A charming, lightly illustrated exploration of the history of green tea and matcha, Japanese tea culture, and daily life in Kyoto by the owner of the 300-year-old Ippodo Tea shop.
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