D:matcha Tea Chronicles

A transparent window into our fields.

Support our organic family farm directly, tracking our seasonal harvests, farming progress, and our daily life in the countryside of Kyoto.

Support our Farm

The d:matcha Tea Chronicles

Our program focuses entirely on long-term connection to our farm, through tea, transparency, and seasonal storytelling. Your membership helps directly sustain our rural village, support local workers, and patron sustainable, organic agriculture.

Life in Wazuka (Scroll →)

Hand-picking during our spring harvest.

Planting 4,500 Ujihikari tea trees.

Renovating our local shrine.

Processing tencha in our traditional Horii oven.

Monthly

Our Digital Journal

Raw Updates: Stories from our team updating you on life in Wazuka and farming season updates.
Seasonal highlights: Updates on our daily routines, seasonal events, and interesting things happening in the tea world.
From the Kitchen: One recipe crafted using teas or seasonal ingredients from our garden.
Photography: Landscape pictures and candid shots from our life in Wazuka

Twice A Year (August & February)

Our Physical Farm Dispatch

Exclusive d:matcha Teas: 80-100g of limited, small-batch teas (e.g., Exclusive Single-Cultivar Handpicked Matcha, Micro-lot Experimental Loose-Leaf Teas).
Printed Zine: Seasonal farm reflections, articles, and visual essays exploring organic tea farming, countryside revitalization, and Japanese traditions.
Prints: A collectible postcard and photo from the farm.
Local Artifact: A small curated gift (e.g. small Tanuki ceramic, chopstick holder, or other special item).

Direct Impact

Your Support

Countryside Revitalization

We maintain and renovate our local 800 year old shrine, and restore historic akiyas. We are dedicated to building a vibrant community by bringing steady employment for young people and breathing new life into a community once on the verge of disappearing.

Organic Farming

Less than 2% of Japanese tea is farmed organically. Organic farming requires a higher amount of investment and time, but we believe it produces the most delicious tea.

New Tree Planting

We've revived ~70% of the local Yubune farmland by succeeding and reclaiming abandoned fields. Yearly, we plant new tea tree seedlings to expand our organic farm.

Community Building

We are dedicated to creating a strong local economy, empowering our farmers and rejuvenating our hometown from the ground up. We work with local elders to support traditional skills, and market local Japanese artists' work.

Community Privileges

How we stay close to you

Biannual Live Tastings

Twice a year, hop online with our team. We will brew your exclusive teas together, walking you through the process of making them, answer questions, and tell you current updates on the farm.

In-Person Benefits

Come visit Wazuka. Members receive a 20% discount on bookings at our tea farm Bed & Breakfast and 10% off in-store purchases during our tea farm tour.

Traditional wooden ema plaques at a japanese shrine

A One-Year Gift

Hakusan Shrine Ema

Once you complete a full year as a Tea Chronicles member, we hang a traditional wooden Ema plaque bearing your name at our guardian shrine. Hung permanently at our local Hakusan shrine in Yubune, Wazuka, it ties your personal support directly to the place you are fostering, and the village we call home.

Become a member

Support d:matcha

Your seasonal pledge backs real sustainable tea farming and guarantees your direct allocation of our limited small-batch teas.

¥25,000 Billed twice per year.

Join our Tea Chronicles

d:matcha Kyoto is a small family-owned Japanese tea farm rooted in the mountains of Wazuka, Kyoto. We cultivate, harvest, and sell our own tea, host tea tours, and tastings, and share our love for tea with the world.