From a cup of steamed green tea, we taste the flavor of the Tang Dynasty over a thousand years ago!

Speaking of Japanese tea, if you only know 'Uji Matcha', you really don't know much...

Today, let's dive into the world of Japanese tea — 'Shizuoka Tea'.

Shizuoka — the birthplace of many famous teas, a major tea-producing region in Japan.

Shizuoka Prefecture is a representative area for Japanese tea production, with tea cultivation spread across both the east and west sides, collectively known as 'Shizuoka Tea', which has the largest cultivation area and production volume in Japan.

This place has a deep connection with Tokugawa Ieyasu, who loved drinking tea during the Edo period in Japan, thus starting the cultivation of tea from that time.

The climate here is warm with long sunshine hours, making it very suitable for tea cultivation, mainly in mountainous areas and hilly regions with significant temperature differences, while there is also cultivation in the plains on the southern side.

The flavors of its teas are diverse, and the establishment of brands in different regions is also a characteristic of Shizuoka Tea.

"Honyama Tea, Kawane Tea, Kakegawa Tea, Asahina Gyokuro..." These famous teas all come from Shizuoka.

After tasting these teas from Shizuoka, your taste buds will have a memory...

Sencha — the representative of Japanese tea, an authentic Japanese flavor.

Deep-steamed Sencha — brings out a smooth and gentle taste from its balanced astringency.

Gyokuro — allows you to deeply feel the rich sweetness spreading on your tongue and the unique 'fukamushi aroma', which you like to call 'nori fragrance'.

Matcha — as a matcha lover, you can definitely taste the bitterness turning into sweetness, feeling sweet amidst the richness and bitterness, along with a strong 'fukamushi aroma'.

Try drinking it every morning; you will receive unexpected surprises.

"Sencha・Deep-steamed Sencha" — tea familiar to Japanese people.

As soon as tea is mentioned, Japanese people immediately think of Sencha; this is the tea they are familiar with.

It is said that Shizuoka Tea originated in the Kamakura period when Master Seiji brought back tea tree seeds from the Song Dynasty in China and began cultivating them in the outskirts of Shizuoka City.

Today, Shizuoka Sencha not only thrives in manufacturing, variety improvement, and cultivation research but also provides many research materials on Sencha and has many cultural facilities related to Japanese tea.

Overall, Shizuoka focuses on manufacturing Sencha, with deep-steamed Sencha accounting for about seventy percent.