Shizuku
A Kyoto Matcha Sanctuary
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35° Whisk Temperature
150 Days Shade-Grown
Uji · Kyoto · Single Origin

Still Green Perfect

Shizuku is not a café. It is a practice of arrival — matcha as meditation, the whisking as ceremony, the cup as mirror.

Enter the stillness
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Days Shade-Grown Single-Origin Uji
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Origin Regions Curated Terroir
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Whisk Temperature Ceremony Precision
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Generational Farm Family Lineage
STILL
Our Ritual

The bowl is empty
until you are present.

We borrowed from Kyoto's 500-year-old tradition of chanoyu — not its iconography, but its intention. At Shizuku, preparation is the offering. The circular motion of the chasen. The exact temperature of the water. The silence before the first sip. These are not details. They are the entire point.

The Pause

Every experience begins with 60 seconds of directed stillness. No phones. No screens. Just the sound of water and your own breath.

The Whisking

We whisk by hand. The W-motion, the temperature, the time — each variable calibrated daily to the specific batch of matcha.

The Origin

Every leaf has a biography. We source exclusively from named farms across five Japanese prefectures and we share those names with you.

"Shizuku doesn't serve matcha. It performs it."

— Monocle Magazine, Tokyo Edition
Shizuku tea ceremony

Six Expressions
of the Leaf

Shizuku ceremony room
Shizuku · Private Ceremony Room · Shinjuku

A Practice
of Presence

60s
Opening Stillness
70°C
Water Temperature
2g
Matcha per Bowl
90s
Whisking Duration

Our ceremony rooms seat four. The format is fixed: silence, preparation, first sip in complete quiet. There is no background music. No ambient noise is added. What you hear is what the space holds. Our ceremony master has studied chanoyu for eleven years in Uji. She will guide you without words.

Reserve a Ceremony

Five Terroirs
of Japan

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Terroir I · Uji, Kyoto

The Gold Standard

The most celebrated matcha region on earth. 150 days of shade cultivation before harvest. Soil enriched by the Uji River for over 800 years of tea cultivation.

Flavor: Deep umami · Lush green · Sweet vegetal finish
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Terroir II · Nishio, Aichi

The Quiet Giant

Japan's highest-volume matcha prefecture, yet our source is a single 2-hectare family farm producing just 340kg annually. The sweetest matcha we carry.

Flavor: Mild sweetness · Creamy · Soft grass
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Terroir III · Wazuka, Kyoto

The Valley Whisper

Mountain valley farming at 200m elevation. Wazuka's steep terrain forces slow growth, producing complex layered flavors distinct from flatland cultivation.

Flavor: Bright · Floral · Slightly astringent — alive
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Terroir IV · Kagoshima

The Southern Sun

Southernmost major tea region. Volcanic soil from Sakurajima provides unique minerality. Our hojicha and autumn teas source exclusively from this estate.

Flavor: Robust · Earthy · Mineral warmth
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Terroir V · Fujieda, Shizuoka

The Reserve

Our rarest source. A single micro-lot from the Nakamura family's shade house, produced in lots under 80kg. Available only in our Reserve menu, by season.

Flavor: Complex · Mineral depth · Transcendent
SHIZUKU

Seven Generations
of Cultivation

1852
First Garden

The Nakamura family plants the first shade garden in Uji's northern hills. Seven tencha plants. One chasen. A practice begins.

1934
Stone Mill

Third-generation Kenji Nakamura installs the first granite stone mill. Thirty-two grams per hour. The slowness is considered a virtue.

1978
Recognition

Awarded Japan's first "Single-Origin Certification" for matcha by the Ministry of Agriculture. A precedent that shapes the modern matcha world.

2016
First Export

Yuki Nakamura, seventh generation, begins selective international partnerships. Shizuku is the first café outside Japan to carry the Reserve grade.

2024
Shizuku Opens

The ceremony format launches in Shinjuku. Four seats. Three sessions daily. 144 guests per week. Every ticket includes the farm's biography.

As Witnessed
by the World

"Shizuku does not serve matcha. It stages a confrontation with stillness — and charges you for the privilege. Worth every yen."

Monocle Magazine
Tokyo Edition · Spring 2024

"In a city of sensory overload, Shizuku is the bravest concept in hospitality: the deliberate removal of everything except what matters."

Financial Times — Life & Arts
July 2024

"The Fuji Reserve is the most arresting matcha I have experienced in fifteen years of serious sourcing. Nothing else comes close."

World Tea Magazine
Autumn 2024 · Editor's Choice

Enter the
Ceremony.

Four seats. Three sessions daily. Shizuku's ceremony experience is intentionally limited to preserve the quality of silence. Reservations required, minimum 48 hours in advance.

Private ceremony room for up to 4 guests
60-minute guided ceremony with Uji matcha
Farm biography card of your selected origin
Seasonal wagashi pairing from our kitchen
Take-home ceremonial matcha tin (20g)