Tea Stand Gen

a city like onomichi already has your attention before you've had a single sip, all those slopes and temple paths pulling you somewhere slower. tea stand gen, out on tsuchido, fits that pace without making a point of it. the regulars here are loyal in the way people only get when a place has given them a real reason to return, repeatedly, not just once on a good day. you won't find it chasing anything larger than what it already is, which in a port city that draws visitors from across japan, says something about how settled it feels in its own identity. the address puts you at 1 chome-14-10 tsuchido, and that specificity matters. come for the afternoon light, stay for whatever they're pouring.