[The Prince Kyoto Takaragaike] A Heart-Filling Moment with Fresh Greenery and Japanese Tea. Selling "Eight-tea-Eight", a Japanese Afternoon Tea Enjoyed with "Fukujuen" Japanese Tea.
The Prince Kyoto Takaragaike offers a limited-time Japanese afternoon tea "Eight-tea-Eight" in collaboration with historic tea house Fukujuen, hosted in the elegant "Saryo" tea house from May to June 2026.
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The Prince Kyoto Takaragaike (Location: Takaragaike, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City; General Manager: Keisuke Hitomi) will offer a Japanese afternoon tea set "Eight-tea-Eight" at the Japanese-style annex "Saryo" built in the hotel's Japanese garden. It will be available by reservation only on limited dates from Saturday, May 16 to Sunday, June 28, 2026.
This is a refreshing and beautifully colorful afternoon tea set created through a collaboration between Japanese Cuisine Head Chef Takahiro Goto, Pastry Chef Etsuo Suda, and Bakery Wakana Komaki.
Please enjoy sweets and savories along with Japanese tea in "Saryo," a famous architectural piece left by Togo Murano.
### Recommended Points of the Japanese Afternoon Tea Set "Eight-tea-Eight"
**1. Serving "tea" boasted by Kyoto's historic tea house "Fukujuen"**
Starting with the highly fragrant sencha "Hachiju-hachi," picked around the 88th night when the umami components of tea are most abundant, we carefully serve tea using "Fukujuen" leaves. Please enjoy the pairing with the sweets and savories we provide after receiving various advice from Fukujuen regarding the tea to use, brewing methods, and compatibility with the food, followed by repeated tastings.
**2. Tea is also used in the menu. A refreshing taste perfect for early summer.**
Various teas are used alongside seasonal ingredients. For example, hojicha (roasted green tea) paste is used in the "pudding-like chawanmushi," and genmaicha (brown rice green tea) is used in the muffins.
**3. SDGs Menu by Japanese Cuisine Head Chef Goto Appears**
Inspired by the idea of deliciously utilizing post-brewed tea leaves that still retain plenty of aroma, we made tsukudani (preserves simmered in soy sauce) out of the tea leaves and served it alongside "bubu-zuke" (rice with tea).
### Japanese Afternoon Tea Set "Eight-tea-Eight" Product Overview
[Sales Dates] May 16 (Sat), 17 (Sun), 23 (Sat), 24 (Sun), 30 (Sat), 31 (Sun), 2026
June 6 (Sat), 7 (Sun), 13 (Sat), 14 (Sun), 27 (Sat), 28 (Sun)
*Please make a reservation at least 7 days before your visit.
[Time] 1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.
[Venue] The Prince Kyoto Takaragaike "Saryo"
[Price] ¥10,000 per person
*Consumption tax is included. A separate 15% service charge will be added.
[Menu]
**● Welcome Drink: Cold-brewed Fukujuen Gyokuro. Please enjoy the sweet dew-like taste.**
**● First Plate: Savories to taste tea**
This is a refreshing and beautifully colorful afternoon tea set created through a collaboration between Japanese Cuisine Head Chef Takahiro Goto, Pastry Chef Etsuo Suda, and Bakery Wakana Komaki.
Please enjoy sweets and savories along with Japanese tea in "Saryo," a famous architectural piece left by Togo Murano.
### Recommended Points of the Japanese Afternoon Tea Set "Eight-tea-Eight"
**1. Serving "tea" boasted by Kyoto's historic tea house "Fukujuen"**
Starting with the highly fragrant sencha "Hachiju-hachi," picked around the 88th night when the umami components of tea are most abundant, we carefully serve tea using "Fukujuen" leaves. Please enjoy the pairing with the sweets and savories we provide after receiving various advice from Fukujuen regarding the tea to use, brewing methods, and compatibility with the food, followed by repeated tastings.
**2. Tea is also used in the menu. A refreshing taste perfect for early summer.**
Various teas are used alongside seasonal ingredients. For example, hojicha (roasted green tea) paste is used in the "pudding-like chawanmushi," and genmaicha (brown rice green tea) is used in the muffins.
**3. SDGs Menu by Japanese Cuisine Head Chef Goto Appears**
Inspired by the idea of deliciously utilizing post-brewed tea leaves that still retain plenty of aroma, we made tsukudani (preserves simmered in soy sauce) out of the tea leaves and served it alongside "bubu-zuke" (rice with tea).
### Japanese Afternoon Tea Set "Eight-tea-Eight" Product Overview
[Sales Dates] May 16 (Sat), 17 (Sun), 23 (Sat), 24 (Sun), 30 (Sat), 31 (Sun), 2026
June 6 (Sat), 7 (Sun), 13 (Sat), 14 (Sun), 27 (Sat), 28 (Sun)
*Please make a reservation at least 7 days before your visit.
[Time] 1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.
[Venue] The Prince Kyoto Takaragaike "Saryo"
[Price] ¥10,000 per person
*Consumption tax is included. A separate 15% service charge will be added.
[Menu]
**● Welcome Drink: Cold-brewed Fukujuen Gyokuro. Please enjoy the sweet dew-like taste.**
**● First Plate: Savories to taste tea**