also: さえん
tea plantation; tea garden; tea shop
Refers to a place where tea is grown (plantation) or, less commonly, a shop specializing in tea. Context usually makes the meaning clear.
Vast tea plantations stretch across Shizuoka.
This tea plantation produces high-quality matcha.
Standard kanji spelling. The reading ちゃえん is the most common.
Alternate reading, less common. May be encountered in some contexts or older texts.
Compound of 茶 (tea) and 園 (garden, plantation). The reading ちゃえん is the standard on'yomi combination; さえん uses an older or alternate reading of 茶.